The Tile Association

Good luck to all the entrants for the Tilers Community Awards Evening tomorrow!

This promises to be an exciting event at the Walsall Football Club, celebrating the tiling sector across 25 categories.

It’s a pleasure to see the talent, hard work and people in our industry get recognised.

Honouring Victorian heritage style with a modern finish!

Winning Best Commercial Project (Up to and Including 500m2) at TTA Awards 2026, Armatile Ltd delivered bespoke decorative and Victorian tiles with speed and precision for the Mercantile Hotel in the heart of Dublin.

Armatile resolved crises under extreme time pressure, including a 10-day turnaround during the Christmas period, ensuring the project was completed on schedule and to the highest standards.

Visit all TTA members in our directory: https://www.tiles.org.uk/directory/

It’s World Mental Health Day!

Today, we are highlighting available mental health and wellbeing support for those in the tiling industry.

Mental health matters, and we’re committed to supporting our community through signposting accessible resources.

Our Wellbeing Support page offers key contacts, including TTA’s Mental Health Ambassadors, who are available for confidential discussions and can help guide you toward the resources that are right for you.

To find out more about TTA’s wellbeing support, visit: https://www.tiles.org.uk/wellbeing-support/

Tilezine is the online magazine for the UK tiling industry, sponsored by The Tile Association.

Subscribe for free to receive each issue by email, sent once every two weeks, and ensure that you don’t miss any important tiling updates.

https://tilezine.tiles.org.uk/subscribe/

TTA was proud to support our industry with a second successful National Tile Day!

One month on, we’re reflecting on how tile retailers throughout the country got involved.

TTA spread the word, encouraging consumers to come into stores and support their local retailers. Through a heavyweight regional press and social media campaign, TTA promoted National Tile Day from the south to the north of England and also in Scotland, showing consumers how tile design can uplift their homes and businesses.

Across the UK, we achieved a distribution of more than 665,000 printed papers, plus almost 180,000 impressions and 5,700 clicks across Meta social media with an impressive average click-through rate (CTR) of 3.18%.

If your business isn’t already a member of TTA, why not join us and get involved in National Tile Day 2027?

https://www.tiles.org.uk/join-us/

Make use of your technical and training support benefits as a TTA member!

TTA helps to set the British Standards, raising tile and tiling standards and enhancing installation expertise and craftsmanship. Members benefit from:

✅Unlimited technical advice and support
✅ Free access to a range of technical documents and guidance notes, in line with British Standards
✅ 20% discount on a Technical Inspector's assessment and report
✅ Assured advice on tile installation, provided by TTA as a Primary Authority for tiling in partnership with Trading Standards
✅ Information on training, apprenticeships, certification schemes and grants

Visit our website to browse and access your member benefits today: https://www.tiles.org.uk/members-area/

TTA is delighted to offer an exclusive Christmas Lunch sponsorship package for £1,000+VAT!

This includes:

– The opportunity to display your branding during the day
– Brand presence on all communications before and after the event
– Dedicated social media promotion highlighting the sponsorship
– Two tickets to TTA Christmas Lunch 2026

This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your company in front of key industry figures while enjoying the festive celebrations. Please contact [email protected] to express your interest in this offer.

To purchase tickets, visit: https://www.tiles.org.uk/tta-christmas-lunch/

That’s a wrap on Cersaie 2026!

It’s an honour, as always, for The Tile Association to be invited to this global trade fair for tiles and ceramic surfaces.

Once again, we joined international leaders in discussion to raise and promote the tiling industry, and see the latest developments from the Italian tile sector first-hand.

Free accommodation for 28 representatives from TTA member companies was generously provided by Edi.Cer. Spa, a branch of Confindustria Ceramica and the organiser of Cersaie . This offer is a benefit of TTA’s close working relationship with Confindustria Ceramica, representing the Italian ceramic tile industry.

We hope visitors enjoyed their trip!

We'd like to welcome D J Hirst and Son Ltd as a new Contractor member!

Find out more about D J Hirst and Son Ltd: https://www.tiles.org.uk/members/d-j-hirst-and-son-ltd/