28 April 2015

Crown Paints reveals exhibit at The Building Centre in London

Based on Store Street, Central London, The Building Centre was established in 1931. Crown Paints hopes its exhibit at The Building Centre will extend its services across the South East. The independent forum attracts approximately 2000 visitors every week to their architecture and design galleries. The Product Exhibition space Crown Paints’ display will join the[…]

  • 28 April 2015

20 April 2015

Sadolin Classic and Extra protect and enhance new joinery

Sadolin Classic and Extra protect and enhance new joinery Sadolin Classic and Sadolin Extra provide protection on their own on various wooden surfaces. Sadolin Classic two-coat application for planed and rough sawn timber Sadolin Extra durable maintenance coat, for windows, doors and other exterior joinery Together the products combine to offer best in class performance[…]

  • 20 April 2015

14 April 2015

Crown Paints renews support for pioneering Youth Zone Programme

Blackburn Youth Zone Programme Crown Paints has renewed its support for Blackburn Youth Zone At the heart of the charity’s work is Blackburn Youth Zone, providing a positively-charged environment to transform the prospects for eight to 18 years old in the area. open 365 days a year, seven days a week offers up to 20[…]

  • 14 April 2015

09 April 2015

Crown Paints offer ‘Effective Paint Specification’ CPD seminar

Crown Paints brings ‘Effective Paint Specification’ CPD to Leeds and Manchester The Crown Paints seminars: Manchester – Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 until 11:00 at the Ramada Manchester Salford Quays, Trafford Road Leeds – on Thursday, April 16, 15:45 until 16:45 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wellington Street Book through the Crown Paints’ Specification Team services[…]

  • 09 April 2015

23 March 2015

Colour character maintained for social housing refurbishment

Colour and character for social housing refurbishment Johnstone’s Trade has delivered a perfect colour specification for a large-scale social housing refurbishment in Perth. Perth-based Mackay Decorators, and Johnstone’s Trade, chosen to repaint and refresh the exterior and interior of 30 housing blocks originally built in the 1930’s and now managed by Fairfield Housing Co-operative in[…]

  • 23 March 2015

16 March 2015

New wall colours and finishes presented at Retail Design Expo

Armourcoat presented its new surface finishes at the Retail Design Expo in London Rusteel metal rust finish Armourcoat has developed its Rusteel finish to provide a patina effect with the aim of creating an aged and weather-beaten look. The new coating has been manufactured using a water-based paint with metal particles that naturally begin to[…]

  • 16 March 2015

11 March 2015

Crown Trade re-design website for decorating professionals

Crown Trade’s re-designed website is now ready for use by decorating professionals The company wanted to update its site to be more aesthetically pleasing and easier to navigate around. It has been developed to include a new ‘pick list’ service, which allows users to select the products they want to purchase and print out an[…]

  • 11 March 2015

06 March 2015

South African nursery refurbished by Novus

Novus’ refurbishment team were joined by students from Stoke-on-Trent college as part of its ‘Challenge South Africa’ initiative A group of five tradespeople from the company spent a fortnight at the Busy Bees Educare nursery in the city’s Parkwood area. The Parkwood community has been recently affected by and suffered from crime and gang activity.[…]

  • 06 March 2015

04 March 2015

Social housing residents benefit from Decorating Allowance Scheme

Johnstone’s Trade has developed its Decorating Allowance Scheme to allow residents of social housing to satisfy their decorating needs and renovate their homes The Decorating Allowance Scheme was developed to give social housing residents the opportunity to decorate their homes to their tastes. After applying for the scheme, residents will receive a monetary voucher or[…]

  • 04 March 2015

25 February 2015

Wood finishes manufacturer celebrates 25th anniversary

Osmo UK is celebrating 25 years of creating eco-friendly wood finishes Steve Grimwood, Osmo UK’s Managing Director, founded the company in 1990 when he began stocking wood finishes in his garage. Osmo UK began trading from a small warehouse in 1997; within 8 years, its warehouse space had trebled in size. Now, Osmo UK dispatches[…]

  • 25 February 2015