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Our news page is about relevant topics that affect our industry including illegal logging and sustainability. You can read more on sustainability here and the impact of false documentation from timber suppliers.

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LVT vs Sheet Vinyl for Healthcare Facilities: Which Is Right for Your Project?

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The Industry Guide to Specifying Flooring: Lunch & Learn for Architects and Designers

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Specifying Acoustic Backing in Laminate Flooring for Multi-Unit Residential Projects

What specifiers need to know about water-resistant laminate flooring in commercial projects

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Why developers choose click lock engineered wood flooring for fast, high-quality installs

Why certified timber matters when the world is losing its rainforests

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5 Big Flooring Trends for 2026

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Click-Lock Wood Flooring: Is It Right for You?

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How to Combine Plank and Chevron Flooring for a Unique Design

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Suspended Timber Underfloor Heating: A Guide for Wooden Floors

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Underfloor Heating Wooden Flooring Problems: What You Need to Know

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Formaldehyde-Free Flooring: Choosing Non-Toxic Flooring For Your Next Build

Trident Laminate Water Resistant Flooring

Built to Last: Why Slip Resistance and Wear Ratings Matter in Commercial Flooring

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The Quiet Revolution: Acoustic Engineered Wood Flooring for Commercial Interiors

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The Truth About Formaldehyde in Wood Flooring: A Guide to Safer Choices

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Choosing Laminate Flooring as a Smarter Specification Choice

Laminate Flooring for Commercial Projects

Is Laminate Flooring Suitable for Commercial Projects? What Architects and Contractors Need to Know

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Industry insights: How Trident Laminate solves flooring challenges in high footfall environments

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Why Smarter Developers Choose Trident Laminate Flooring

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5 Reasons Why Solid Wood Flooring is the Preferred Choice for Architects and Designers

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How to Choose the Perfect Solid Wood Flooring for Your Design Project

Engineered Wood vs. Solid Wood Flooring: Which is Right for You?

Environmental Benefits of FSC-Certified Engineered Wood Flooring

The Environmental Benefits of Choosing FSC-Certified Engineered Wood Flooring

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Flooring for Bathrooms: The Many Alternatives to Wood Flooring

Top 5 Reasons to Choose Trident Laminate Flooring for Your Home

The Art of Customisation: Designing Your Own Bespoke Parquet Panels

5 Essential Tips for Choosing the Perfect Restaurant Flooring

Engineered Wood Flooring in a Bistro Le Pierre Restaurant

Why Wood Flooring is the Best Choice for Restaurant Interiors

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How to Maintain and Extend the Life of Your Restaurant’s Wood Flooring

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Elevating West End Lane: A Partnership Highlight with NBA Contractor

Flooring For Restaurants

Top Trends in Restaurant Flooring in 2024

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The Importance of PEFC Certification for Sustainable Wood Flooring

What is the Best Direction to Run Wood Flooring?

Preparing for Wood Flooring: Everything You Need to Know Before Work Begins

Announcing Greenhill Way: A Showcase of Impervia® Flooring Solutions

Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation and Excellence with Dandi Living

Top 5 Tips for Maintaining Wood Flooring in High-Moisture Areas

The Timeline for Installing Your New Wood Flooring: From Selection to Completion

Top 5 Tips for Maintaining Wood Flooring in High-Moisture Areas

Custom Flooring Solutions: How Tailored Wood Floors Elevate Luxury Developments

Innovative Wood Flooring Trends: How Developers Can Stay Ahead in 2024

Sustainable Flooring Solutions for Modern Developers: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Wood Floors

Top 5 Tips for Maintaining Wood Flooring in High-Moisture Areas

14/01/2024

The Art of Choosing the Right Wood Flooring: Tips for Commercial Interiors

16/01/2024

Which floor is best for commercial use?

16/01/2024

Sustainable and Stylish: Exploring the Longevity of Engineered Wood Flooring in Commercial Spaces

UV Oiled vs Lacquered Finishes

19/12/2023

Wood Floor Care: Tips for High-Traffic Commercial Spaces

White UV Oiled European Oak 240mm wide

11/04/2023

Carpets, friend or foe?

11/04/2023

Why the solid wood flooring company works with Gone West to plant trees

11/04/2023

Which trees absorb the most carbon dioxide UK

06/09/2022

The Importance of a Proper Builders Clean

10/08/2022

Choosing Raw Timber UV Oiled Oak Flooring for Residential Properties

01/08/2022

Why our flooring is perfect for commercial retail projects

12/05/2022

A Quick Guide to Flooring Types for Residential Projects

19/04/2022

What does sustainable wood flooring really mean?

01/04/2022

Planting trees with Minchinhampton Golf Club

23/03/2022

Sustainable flooring for sustainable living

24/02/2022

6 reasons our Solid Wood Flooring is the ideal match for Architects and Designers

17/01/2022

Our Green Sustainability Strategy

15/12/2021

Technical summary of the various environmental conditions for fitting wood flooring

10/12/2021

The Solid Wood Flooring Company Partners With Gone West

16/11/2021

4 Times Wood Flooring Fitted Restaurants Perfectly

27/10/2021

The Benefits of Choosing Engineered Wood Flooring

15/10/2021

A quick guide to sustainable hardwood flooring

15/10/2021

5 Reasons Why Our Flooring Is Perfect For Commercial Interior Design

26/04/2021

Is Vinyl Flooring Good for Commercial Use?

07/04/2021

Quality of Life Foundation publishes framework for homes that provide better quality of life

17/03/2021

The Solid Wood Flooring Company celebrates 1800 Trees Planted

12/02/2021

Why The Solid Wood Flooring Company Is The Natural Choice?

11/01/2021

Flooring Trends to Help Interior Designers In 2021

09/12/2020

Flooring to suit all projects

16/11/2020

Commonly asked questions when purchasing a wood flooring

16/10/2020

What is the best flooring for bathrooms?

05/10/2020

FSC® and PEFC™ certified wood flooring at The Solid Wood Flooring Company

28/09/2020

Why The Solid Wood Flooring Company Stands Out From The Crowd

04/09/2020

Introducing The Solid Wood Flooring Company’s New Room Visualiser!

12/08/2020

The Best Flooring For Hotels

03/08/2020

What is the best type of flooring for a restaurant/kitchen?

How The Solid Wood Flooring Company Can Meet Your Budgetary Requirements

13/07/2020

How The Solid Wood Flooring Company Can Meet Your Budgetary Requirements

26/06/2020

RetroFitting

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09/06/2020

What makes The Solid Wood Flooring Company the ideal match for any Architect or Designer?

18/05/2020

The top benefits of engineered wood flooring

27/04/2020

Waterproof and Fireproof Herringbone Oak Parquet Flooring from Impervia

02/04/2020

Luxury On A Budget: The Interior Design Edition

19/03/2020

COVID-19 : The Solid Wood Flooring Company Response

05/03/2020

Creating Your Own Safe Haven

20/02/2020

Retrofitting; laying a new route to the future of modern designs

06/02/2020

The Solid Wood Flooring Company: In the News

23/01/2020

When is the time to refurbish your business?

09/01/2020

Trending Wood Flooring For 2020

19/12/2019

Update Your Home For Christmas

28/11/2019

Domestic and Commercial Relationships: A Suppliers Story

14/11/2019

What is a PEFC™ certification?

31/10/2019

Our Supply Chain and What It Means For You

17/10/2019

Understanding Slip Resistance in Relation to Flooring Installation

03/10/2019

Why using correct cleaning products on your wood floor is important

How to protect your floor whilst work continues

12/09/2019

How to protect your floor whilst work continues

29/08/2019

The Interior Designers Secret Weapon: The New Italian Renaissance Collection

15/08/2019

Exclusive Apartment Conversion: The Solid Wood Way

01/08/2019

Herringbone Parquet Flooring: What could go wrong?

18/07/2019

WWF Award 3 Trees to The Solid Wood Flooring Company

04/07/2019

Launching Solid Wood Floorings New FSC certified Composite Decking

20/06/2019

Celebrating The Solid Wood Flooring SPC Vinyl Range

23/05/2019

Brexit and what it means to your timber flooring supply

13/02/2019

TTF Newsletter Feature

06/02/2019

Unfinished Oak in the Jorvik Viking Museum

03/12/2018

Thomas House Project Nominated for 2019 CJF/CFA Award

26/01/2018

Illegal Logging in Brazil

Five of the most innovative uses for wood in 2017

05/12/2017

Five of the most innovative uses for wood in 2017

02/11/2017

TFF – Timber Expo 2017 Highlights

20/10/2017

Stop buying canned beef u2013 itu2019s endangering our planet!

05/10/2017

7 reasons for using Oil and Hard Wax Finishes on your floor

11/09/2017

An Introduction to Canadian Maple Flooring

17/08/2017

Luxurious Wood Flooring: American Black Walnut Floors

31/07/2017

How to best utilise your space with wood flooring

13/07/2017

Flooring Trends of 2017 u2013 Parquet Flooring

31/05/2017

Flooring the priority for homeowners in 2017

02/05/2017

The Solid Wood Flooring Company gain top marks again!

13/03/2017

Sustainable Wood Flooring is the only choice

11/11/2016

How Does Your Homeu2019s Indoor Environment Affect Wood Flooring?

01/08/2016

Walnut Flooring: The perfect floor for any environment

23/06/2016

Oak Processionary Moth could threaten Oak Trees

09/05/2016

Want to create a truly unique floor?

18/04/2016

5 Wood Flooring Trends of 2016

31/03/2016

Grey Oak Flooring is the floor of 2016

24/02/2016

We need to plant more trees

12/01/2016

The difference between Herringbone & Chevron Parquet Flooring?

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24/12/2015

What is PEFC Certification?

10/11/2015

Do not buy illegal Ash Flooring

01/10/2015

Updated 2015 Wood Flooring Brochure now available

23/09/2015

Industry Statement on the EUTR

04/09/2015

Why itu2019s important to buy sustainable timber products

07/08/2015

Get Social with the Solid Wood Flooring Company

28/07/2015

Introducing our new Technical Library

13/07/2015

Why is wood so good for Flooring?

15/06/2015

Engineered Hardwood Flooring is the modern wood floor

12/05/2015

Our Wood Floors gain Top Marks from WWF

05/05/2015

The Solid Wood Flooring Company win Award

27/04/2015

Active Stains to Carbonising: How we create colour

20/04/2015

Creating the Perfect Wood Floor Finishes

13/04/2015

Creating the Perfect Wood Floor – Brushing

07/04/2015

What is Fumed Oak Flooring?

30/03/2015

Creating Unique Antique Wood Flooring

25/03/2015

Oak Flooring – A Natural And Sustainable Choice

17/03/2015

Avoid Potential Underfloor Heating Problems with Wood Floors

10/03/2015

Rugs and Underfloor Heating

03/03/2015

Using WOCA Oils to treat wooden floors

24/02/2015

What is Engineered Wooden Flooring

20/02/2015

Parquet Flooring Introduction

10/02/2015

Wood Flooring can last a Lifetime

03/02/2015

Wood Flooring Technical Terms explained

27/01/2015

Wood flooring costs less

14/01/2015

Actions and Consequences on wood flooring

16/10/2014

Create A Stunning New Look with a Solid Wood Staircase

09/10/2014

There Is More To Solid Wood Flooring Than Aesthetics

02/10/2014

What Really Goes Into Our Solid Wood Flooring

24/09/2014

Keeping The Shine On Your Hardwood Floors

18/09/2014

Characteristics Of Solid And Engineered Wood Floors

29/08/2014

Wood Floors For Indoor Sports

22/08/2014

How We Work

15/08/2014

Engineered Wood Flooring

08/08/2014

Upcycling Ideas For Your Home

01/08/2014

Making Your Restaurant Appear Bigger Than It Is

25/07/2014

Giving Your Cafe A Cosy Vibe

18/07/2014

Creating A Monochrome Living Room

11/07/2014

Going Green In The Nursery

04/07/2014

A Perfect Combination Of Design & Practically

Forest Matters

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Be part of FSC Forest Week 2025

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Help shape the future of responsible forestry in the UK

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June Updates from FSC UK

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Forest Matters: May 2025

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April Updates from FSC UK

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Celebrating our history🌳

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February News from FSC UK

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Celebrating 30 years of forest stewardship 🌿

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November news from FSC UK 🌳

Your September updates from FSC UK 🌳

Your September updates from FSC UK 🌳

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FSC UK’s August updates

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Your July updates from FSC UK

PEFC June Newsletter 2024

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FSC Forest Week 2024 toolkit now available

Your June updates from FSC UK

Your June updates from FSC UK

Forest Matters Join us forest week 2024

Forest Matters: Join us for Forest Week 2024!

Scottish island community celebrates UK forest-first

Planting mangroves in Costa Rica 🇨🇷

What Product Types Should FSC include?

National Retrofit Hub

Industry groups launch National Retrofit Hub

Forest Matters July 2021

Con Club restaurant chooses The Solid Wood Flooring Company

We support The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy – www.thercs.org

Forest Matters June 2021

Forest Matters May 2021

Timber at the core of the circular economy

The clients championing retrofit

PEFC Newsletter Feb 2020

Architect Journal RetroFirst Campaign

Forestry Commission Act on Tree Pest Detected in Kent

Ghana Ready to Implement Legal Timber Agreement

Forgotten Lands to Receive Forestry Boost

Wood is not the Issue

The Queens Commonwealth Essay Competition

Southbank Place – A New London Development

Putting People First – The Biophilic Office

The proud and playful architecture of Japan’s Kengo Kuma

How Trump’s Lumber Tariffs May Have Helped Increase Home Prices

How the world’s tallest timber building withstands fire

UK construction growth remains subdued

TTF Raises ‘£1 Billion Brexit Bombshell’ with Ministers

Denmark begins construction of ‘wooden skyscraper’

Timber industry fears billion pound Brexit bill

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FAO releases Sustainable Forest Management toolbox

International Day of Forests 2018

Montreal Wood Convention

Five things you should know about trees and forests

Bid to halt abolition of forestry body

Standing Tall – Canadian Architect

Cities of the future could be a forest of ‘Plyscrapers’

IKD has pioneered hardwood cross-laminated timber

China deploys 60,000 soldiers to plant 6,000,000 hectares of new trees

Japanese company plans world’s tallest wooden building

Timber towers set to top 150 metres

New Zealand is planning to plant 100 million trees

Brazil seizes over 400 containers in fight against illegal loggin

Forestry Commission urges Scottish Borders’ farmers to plant trees

PEFC – January Newsletter

Young poplars could be next biofuel source

Design collaboration brings timber residence to the University of Arkansas

Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases

Furniture Retailer Lombok is first UK Company to be fined for illegal logging

73 Million Trees are being Planted to Resurrect Brazil’s Tropical Forests

PEFC – October Newsletter

Bird nest hotel room lets safari guests sleep above the trees

Level architecture crafts timber office building in Portland

Deforestation drops 16% in the Brazil Amazon

How wood in schools can nourish learning

Wooden skyscrapers are set to transform our cities

Burning wood ‘Absurd’ As EU mulls clean energy law

Urban roots: the trees bringing life to our streets

Check your Certificates: FSC and PEFC

Timber trend reports forecast growth beyond 2018

Danzer releases second sustainability report

What can the EU do to curb forest corruption?

Spiral treetop walkway surrounds Danish forest

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The Forest Life Cycle – The Forestry Commission

Managed forests are powerful tool against climate change – Treehugger

The rise of the urban jungle – CNN

UK construction manufacturing achieves growth – CPA

A Love song like no other – WWF

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Ambitious plan for tree planting in Scotland -ConforNews

What to expect for rainforests in 2017 – Mongabay

Construction heading towards a ‘timber revolution’ – BBC News

UN agency reports rises in wood production and demand for bioenergy

Interpol on Brazilian illegal timber trading operation

Debate continues on log harvesting ban in Myanmar

EU tropical sawn wood imports drop up by 11%

Ash dieback is unstoppable, but you can help

Do trees have feelings too? One expert says they do…

Engineered hardwood aims to reduce logging

It’s time for a concrete plan for replacing concrete

Tree Houses: Is Wood Really The Future Of Skyscrapers?

WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016! #ForOurPlanet

PEFC Newsletter issue October 2016

PEFC Stakeholder Workshop Invitation

Database helps plant ‘right tree for the right place’

Morocco plants millions of trees along roads to fight climate change

Half of UK electricity comes from low-carbon sources forfirsttime

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