Snowdon, as its name suggests, uses clean white New Zealand yarns to take heather blends to new heights. This impressive new collection sets itself apart with crisp, modern colours in a 55oz construction.

https://cavaliercarpets.co.uk

Raglan and Napier are the latest two additions to the highly successful Open Spaces Laneve range from Ulster Carpets. With four natural tones and four modern greys, Raglan and Napier are both made from 100% Laneve New Zealand wool that is suitable for heavy residential applications.

https://ulstercarpets.com/residential/ranges_type/open-spaces-laneve/

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The new Habberley collection has two new designs – ridge and herringbone – which have been added to this bestselling 'classic' loop range. This chunky loop is made using yarn containing Tencel which helps make it luxuriously soft as well as the environmental benefits derived from using a recycled material. Having had a colour refresh, the collection includes some great new colours including smoky blues, a vintage green and classic jute tones associated with loop style carpets.

https://www.victoriacarpets.com/collections

Perfect Home is a showcase range for Wool Britannia, a yarn which has been developed by the Headlam Group in partnership with British Wool & with the support of Campaign for Wool. Every linear metre of the yarn contains Wool sourced from farms situated in each of our four nations – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales, making it a truly British wool. The aim of this yarn is to increase the usage of British wool in carpets and, in turn, help local farmers and the planet.

https://www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk

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Wild Silk is a new cut pile saxony carpet in Abingdon’s Love Story Collection that’s created using 100% bleach-cleanable polyester. While the manmade process ensures consistency, Abingdon Flooring adapted its manufacturing process to incorporate a unique fleck detail that doesn’t repeat. This perfectly recreates the natural variations found in Berber styles to provide a one-of-a-kind look.

https://www.abingdonflooring.co.uk/range/wild-silk/

Riva is a brand new, sumptuously soft, deep-pile carpet made from 100% Excellon polypropylene. It is available in 16 stylish plain shades including a strong collection of popular greys and warm neutrals, alongside some bolder colour choices; providing outstanding choice to complement any interior design.

http://www.cormarcarpets.co.uk/carpet-ranges/soft-deep-pile/riva/

Henley Marlow builds upon the success of Furlong’s Elegance to  offer an affordable alternative to wool. It has the look, feel and design of a luxury wool carpet but with the added benefits of being a long-lasting loop carpet – moth proof, easy to clean and it doesn’t pill. Henley Marlow is made from long lasting fibres, ensuring the carpet will look great for years and is also available in a range of contemporary organic colours.

http://www.cormarcarpets.co.uk/carpet-ranges/soft-deep-pile/riva/

Aura is packed full of colour and personality. This hardwearing man made range has everything you expect from a Victoria Carpet; exceptional quality, hardwearing, family friendly, competitively priced and great for any home.

https://local.myvictoria.co.uk/collections/easicare/new-aura

Combining the natural beauty of a real wood veneer with a PVC free composite core, Adore BIO Composite Wood is a 100% water-resistant floor. One of the world’s first water-resistant floors to use real wood, BIO Composite Wood is a ground-breaking innovation. Also its BIO composite core is a patented technology that eliminates PVC and harmful VOCs from its construction, while retaining excellent stability under thermal and atmospheric changes. 

https://uk.adorefloors.com/

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Les Iconics is the latest parquet collection from BerryAlloc, capturing the soul of aged parquet in an engineered wood floor with modern performance. Aged surface floors give the appearance of an old wood plank floor that’s been renovated by hand. The surface features slight traces of sawing and is hand-scraped for a crafted feel and uses a natural oil finish that develops character with time.

https://www.berryalloc.com/global/en/parquet/les-iconics

Seta Grip is a loose lay LVT with a patented micro suction adhesion technology that uses a negative fluid, vacuum pressure with millions of microscopic suction cups to securely adhere to flat, non-porous surfaces. Flooring can be installed directly on top of any subfloor without the need for additional adhesive and its attendant environmental impact. It can be removed easily leaving no residue, and can be replaced without having to redo the whole floor.

https://oneflor-europe.be

Invictus Parquet Click sets itself apart with its unique one plank click system. Regular parquet click products come with a 2-plank system (A-plank & B-plank) which means double stock keeping (2 SKU's) and slower installation. This innovation has been launched in one design and three colourways in 2022 but the portfolio will be expanded in 2023.

https://invictus.co.uk/lvt/products/parquet

Louis de Poortere has launched its Rugs 2022 Collection, including 47 inspiring and brand-new designs alongside enduring classics and a new circular option. With the new Structures, Meditation and Nuance, as well as additions to the existing Gallery, Mad Men and Atlantic; the new Louis de Poortere Rugs 2022 collection refreshes one of the most popular rug collections in the independent flooring retail sector.

https://www.louisdepoortere.be/rug/2022-rug-collection/

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Alternative’s Wool Iconic Herringstripe is an inventive play on two classics. It combines a handsome herringbone with a stylish stripe making a fine wool flatweave. Recalling ballerinas, the graceful palette comprises six natural combinations offset by colour - Fonteyn pink, Behrs green, Arova lilac, Mamaki grey, Nerina ecru and Devi cream. Available in 4m width. Composition 100% wool.

https://www.alternativeflooring.com/collection/wool/fine_wool/Iconic/

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Diamond Art is a new premium Econyl design carpet tile collection - A diamond design with a concrete look that draws your eye to the floor. Diamond Art is available in 12 different neutral colours. The collection is manufactured from 100% Econyl yarn, a 100% regenerated and regenerable fibre made from pre- and post-consumer Nylon 6 waste materials, further reducing Tapibel’s environmental impact, while still meeting the highest quality, performance and durability standards.

www.tapibel.be

Asiatic are always ahead of the fashion curve with creative rug ranges and now the company has signed the first ever rug licence with the exclusive British design house Clarke and Clarke for a range of colourful jungle print rugs. On top of the pile is Monkey Business which demonstrates the playful, cheerful character of these designs. These rugs are intricately hand-tufted in pure wool and viscose, with subtle space-dyed detailing.

https://www.asiatic.co.uk/products/monkey-business

Harvey Maria Parquet 2.0. Designed in collaboration with Neisha Crosland, the award-winning Parquet design was Neisha’s first collaboration with Harvey Maria, and is now a favourite with interior designers and architects worldwide. This brand new series of fresh colourways celebrate the stylish geometric design, and introduces a contemporary palette with a reversed pattern.

https://www.harveymaria.com/category/parquet-neisha-crosland/

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Moduleo, has launched a new generation of stone designs as part of its established Moduleo LayRed engineered vinyl flooring range. The eight new options stone tiles have been inspired by biophilic design, a concept based on bringing the outside in and focussing on the connection between our natural environment and our home. Each of the eight floors are cut-in-register (CIR), a technique used to augment the realism of the floor for an even more natural look.

www.moduleo.co.uk/layred

Karndean Designflooring is expanding its popular Knight Tile range with a new collection of contemporary wood and stone designs, including timeless herringbone. With a refreshed and updated collection of calm, nurturing designs, the new Knight Tile range offers the flexibility to create unique interiors that express individuality. The range presents ten new wood and 11 new stone designs, as well as six wood and two stone herringbone designs.

https://www.karndean.com/nextmove

The latest Kraus Herringbone LVT comprises of 8 stunning designs featuring 4 greys and 4 browns. Varying from rustic and washed-out complexions to high grain contrasts the range has been carefully selected to suit all interior needs. Features an easy click system, is 100% waterproof, includes integrated underlay, cuts easily with a knife, is dust free & hypoallergenic during installation and is easy to clean and maintain.

https://www.krausflooring.co.uk/

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A leading alternative to flooring grade plywood is Lion Floor - an engineered fibreboard that’s cost-effective and sustainable. It’s made in Finland using locally sourced and highly sustainable wood by-products, so it’s already off to a great start compared to the tropical hardwood used in the majority of flooring grade plywood. The boards are pre-conditioned, so unlike other oil tempered hardboard it doesn’t need wetting before installation and is ready to receive screeds and feather compounds.

https://finnishfibreboard.com/

floorwise has launched its new F597 Heavy Duty Spray Adhesive in 2022 – a new product which eliminates dichloromethane from its formulation making it both safer to use and kinder to the environment. F597 removes the hazards associated with many spray adhesives of being potentially carcinogenic and threatening asphyxiation to ground level installers from dichloromethane. All this without compromising high-strength performance.

https://www.floorwise.co.uk/product/f597-dcm-free-heavy-duty-sprayadhesive/

TrimAce is a rigid expansion joint insert device which can move with the floor unlike fillers such as mastic, silicone and cork or cover trim/strips. It can be used on interfaces such as timber/stone, timber/vinyl, timber/carpet and where timber abuts a solid element including walls, mullions and partition glazing. It allows floors to expand and contract without the need for bonding or fixing.

https://floortrimsystems.com/home/

Stopgap 1500 AquaPro uses the latest technology to create a next generation water-mix smoothing underlayment that can be applied over old adhesive residues where a previous floorcovering has been removed, including bitumen, carpet tile tackifiers and ceramic tile adhesives, eliminating the need for mechanical preparation The product is walk-on hard in as little as 60 minutes after application and ready to receive floorcoverings from just four hours.

https://www.f-ball.com/en/product/stopgap-1500-aquapro/

Looper back is a brand-new secondary backing from Balta which is constructed from 100% recycled polypropylene, creating a perpetual forward cycle that lets nothing go to waste. The polypropylene material used to produce Looper back is made from 100% locally sourced material coming directly from recycled waste collected in the Belgium Balta factories, all situated in the region of Flanders within a radius of about 25 km.

https://www.balta-carpets.com/en/Products

The NextGen Collection is a series of products which have no latex bonding involved in the manufacturing process.The backing and pile content are of the same polymer family – “Mono-material” making the products 100% recyclable. Recycling leads to a pure granulate that almost equals virgin material. The NextGen concept covers carpets and artificial grass.

https://betap.com/sustainability/nextgen-carpet-by-betap

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Ball & Young has been championing sustainability for over 25 years and its many green initiatives have helped its parent company The Vita Group achieve a Silver rating in 2022 from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, in recognition of its advanced sustainability credentials. The Vita Group is the first foam manufacturer to have received this  accolade. Ball & Young’s contribution includes the  development of its Cloud 9 carpet underlay, which has stopped over 250,000 tonnes of foam from being sent to landfill.

https://www.thevitagroup.com/sustainability-enhancing-everyday-life/sustainabilityreport/

Relay is an award-winning rug brand offering great value, sustainably focused rugs with extra feel-good factor. Driven to become the leading British brand for environmentally friendly flooring, the range includes rugs and flooring made from recycled & recyclable yarns, natural fibres and excess material that would otherwise go into waste or landfill. Production is partnered with the Relay Takeback scheme – a simple web-based system to collect waste material to be recycled.

https://www.melroseinteriors.co.uk/relay/

Over the last two years, thanks to new research and harnessing better quality data, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) has identified more volumes of waste, especially within the wider municipal waste sectors. This has led to an increase of 5% landfill diversion taking the total to 70% in 2020 - a record level since the not-for-profit organisation was formed in 2008. CRUK is the unique membership association with 15 core funders and a 119-strong membership, all committed to advancement towards the circular economy.

www.carpetrecyclinguk.com