TTA would like to congratulate all those who made it on to the shortlist for this year’s TTA Awards – and to thank everybody who entered. TTA also acknowledges the work put in by the judges and thanks everyone who took the time to vote online. More than 2,000 online votes were cast this year.
All shortlisted companies – and others – should now be booking their tickets for the Awards night on 12th April. Email: awards@tile.org.uk Tel: 0300 365 8453.
Tickets to attend the event are still available and cost £175 +VAT for individual tickets and £1575 +VAT for a table of 10, and £1400 +VAT for a second table of 10.
Once again TTA acknowledges the generous support of the record number of Gold sponsors this year: Banks & Lloyd, Jackoboard, Mapei, Norcros Adhesives, Shackerley (Holdings) Group Ltd., Tilemaster Adhesives, Topps Tiles, Trimline Group, UltraTileFix, Walls & Floors and Warmup. Silver sponsors are CITB and Lithofin.
The full roll of honour of shortlisted entrants in each category is as follows:
Best Commercial Project – Small (under 250m2)
DMC Contracts Ltd – Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea
Parkside – Pizza Express, Rushden Lakes
Roccia – Zakaria Community and Education Centre, Dewsbury
Best Commercial Project – Large (over 250m2)
ARDEX UK Ltd – St Andrew Holborn
Ceramic Tile Merchants – Hotel Indigo, Chester
DMC Contracts Ltd – Crossrail
Dyson-Briggs & Sons Ltd – Fleet Southbound Services
WB Simpson & Sons (Midlands) Ltd – HSBC New Retail & Commercial Bank HQ
Best Domestic Project
Arrow Tiling Ltd – Mansion House, Surrey
Atlas Tiling – The Gart
Casa Ceramica – Water End House, Lake District
Ceramic Tile Merchants – Victorian Bathroom
Pontcanna (Victorian) Tiling & Restoration – Victorian Period Property, Barry
Stone & Ceramic Ltd – The Royal Star & Garter
Best E-Commerce Website
Trimline Group
Walls & Floors
Best Environmental Initiative
Arrow Tiling Ltd
Building Adhesives Ltd
Mosa
Best Heritage Project
Armatile – St Joseph’s Church, Co Dublin
Craven Dunnill Jackfield Ltd – Harrods Food Halls, London
Best Innovation
Building Adhesives Ltd – BAL Flexbone 2Easy
Mapei (UK) Ltd – Keraquick XL Fibrelite
Mosa – Pattern Generator
Norcros Adhesives – Pro Gyp-Base Fast Track Sealer
Saint-Gobain Weber – weberjoint premium
Tilemaster Adhesives – Magix
Excellence in Supply & Services
Armatile
Building Adhesives Ltd
Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd
Tilemaster Adhesives
Trimline Group
Walls & Floors
Excellence in Marketing
Building Adhesives Ltd – BAL Digital Strategy
House of Mosaics – Instore Point of Sale
Instarmac Group plc – UltraTileFix Launch
Parkside – Brand Launch at Clerkenwell Design Week
Saint-Gobain Weber – weberjoint premium
Topps Tiles – TV Campaign
Excellence in Retail
N&C Tiles and Bathrooms
Topps Tiles
Trimtraders
Excellence in Tile Contracting
Armatile
DMC Contracts Ltd
Dyson-Briggs & Sons Ltd
Pro-Tilers UK Wall & Floor Ltd
Stortford Tiling & Marble Ltd
Employee of the Year
Glynn Griffin – Tilemaster Adhesives
Jessica Paddock – RAK Ceramics
Vince Ruffini – ARDEX UK Ltd
Wall Tile of the Year
Casa Ceramica – Étoile de Rex
Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd – Cracklelux
Mosa – Murals Fuse
Topps Tiles – Staunton
Walls & Floors – Mixx Metro
Floor Tile of the Year
Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd – Brighton
EMC Tiles – Comfort
Mosa – Terra Tones
Parkside – Kaste01
RAK Ceramics – Hard Wood
Tile Fixer of the Year
Brian Jeffery – RAK Ceramics
Carlos Albuquerque – DMC Contracts Ltd
Steve Wagstaff – Pro-Tilers UK Wall & Floor Ltd
Trainee Tile Fixer of the Year
Alex Hammond – The Great Northern Tiling Company Ltd
Charlie Green – WB Simpson & Sons (Midlands) Ltd