Manufacturers/Distributors Committee Meeting

Additional Information

The next meeting of the Manufacturers/Distributors Committee will take place on Tuesday 24 November 2026, commencing at 9.30am and is a HYBRID event.  The in-person element is taking place in the Colmore Suite at The Grand Hotel, 1 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2FE, with the virtual element online via Zoom.  The hotel is about 10 minutes’ walk from Birmingham New Street Station.

If you are attending in person, please email info@cfa.org.uk by Friday 6 November 2026 as we have to confirm final numbers with the hotel 2 weeks in advance of the event. 

This meeting is followed by the new CFA Members’ Festive Lunch at Isaac’s Restaurant (within the hotel) and so if you wish to join us for lunch please confirm how many places you wish to book by 6 November (we are not able to guarantee bookings after this date).  The cost of the lunch is £95 per person, for full details visit: Members' Festive Lunch.  Please book early to avoid disappointment.

If you are planning to attend via Zoom, we woudl be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by Thursday 19 November 2026 and we will forward the meeting link to you - please email info@cfa.org.uk.

The guest speakers for this meeting are Stephen Hamil and Allan Wilen of Hubexo which is the parent company of NBS and Glenigan. Stephen is the Innovation Director for NBS and Allan is the Economics Director for Glenigan.  The presentation is scheduled for 10.15am (approx.) and will cover the following: 

• Market Outlook: Key takeaways from the Glenigan Construction Industry Forecast, specifically highlighting commercial office relocations, refurbishments, and public sector pipelines (health and education) that drive commercial flooring volume.
• The Specification Pipeline: How manufacturers in the commercial flooring sector can leverage NBS Source to secure early-stage specifications and protect those specifications from being substituted down the line.
• Data Synergy: A practical look at how combining NBS specification data with Glenigan project leads helps commercial teams target the right decision-makers at the exact moment a project moves toward interior fit-out.
• Sustainability Metrics: How the digital integration of product data and carbon transparency influences modern specifier choices.

We would like to encourage members to share the details of this meeting and guest speakers with their Sales Directors/Managers and Marketing Directors/Managers as the presentation may be of interest to them.  Our guest speakers will be attending in person should anyone wish to take the opportunity to meet them on the day.