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...He is also a director of Hanover Flooring alongside Geoff Wilding, Victoria’s executive chair, who since taking the helm in 2012 has spearheaded an acquisition spree of more than 20 flooring companies....
...“We realised that you were only seeing a third of it”, says Clare Wright, co-founder of Wright & Wright....
...“We haven’t got much selection [of shops] and that’s killing the high street,” said 49-year-old Bobby Fasogbon, who runs Flash Flooring, a local flooring business....
...In January KKR agreed to sell its minority stake in Sweden’s Valinge in a transaction that gave the flooring specialist an enterprise value of more than $1bn, or 16 times ebitda....
...On Wednesday SCS, a furniture and floorings retailer, said it faced “what appeared to be a softening market environment” as it said like for like orders fell 5 per cent in the half-year to July....
...ScS, second to DFS in the upholstered furniture market, also sells flooring....
...becoming so severe in 2010 that the government stepped in with an act that required all central and local government building projects up to three storeys to either be built of domestic wood or use it as flooring...
...Travel-related stocks were shaken on Tuesday after a series of co-ordinated terror attacks in Brussels sparked concerns about demand ahead of the key summer season....
...It had started in 1971 with Gillette’s twin-blade Trac II, followed by its three-blade Mach3. In 2003, Gillette’s rival Schick (Wilkinson Sword in Britain) had countered with the four-blade Quattro....
...Who Intermark Savills, intermarksavills.ru, tel: +7 495 775 22 40 Photograph: Tom St Aubyn Photography Ltd...
...Jim Lambie, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, to October 19 fruitmarket.co.uk Twitter: @EdArtFest Photographs: Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute / Toby Webster Ltd; The Ahrenberg Collection; Private...
...Its plastics, packaging and flooring divisions were sold and replaced by selective acquisitions of “technical textile manufacturers”....
...The house has a large kitchen and entertainment room and a dining room with solid Rhodesian teak flooring....
...First up, a fascinating story from the WSJ: Among the few business owners lured to a development park in Tieling New City is Bo Yuquan, the middle-aged owner of a flooring store....
...While most convenience stores are brightly lit and sport vivid colours, the Daikanyama shop features subdued tones and dark wood flooring to cater to a more elderly clientele....
...This will help their expansion plans, and new categories in the pipeline including lighting, bed linen, flooring and bathrooms....
...China Flooring Holding (2083:HKG) This construction and building company listed in Hong Kong on May 26, raising $142m....
...Field & Sons, tel: +44 (0)207407 1375, www.fieldandsons.co.uk...
...Chris Sanderson, co-founder of The Future Laboratory, a consumer trend forecasting consultancy, points to “simplicity”, “functionalism” and “meaning” as buzzwords for 2009....
...In his project, the walnut flooring with neutral paints and textiles were conceived for “someone with an eye for style and glamour, who works longer hours and keeps later nights”....
...The greenery is part of a careful colour co-ordination scheme designed to offset the darkness that falls across Antarctica for much of the year....
...Matt Williams, the son of Topps’ co-founder and current chief operating officer, will take over as chief executive starting November 1....
...Gleaming oak flooring and carved oak panels from the 1600s give this room an imposing feel....
...Over five days, more than 4,000 exhibitors will be showing furniture, textiles, accessories, flooring, lighting, tableware and interior design services....
...Tel: +44 (0)20-7739 5561; www.urbantineproject.co.uk...
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