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try event of the year; the Flooring Show 2017, at Harrogate Convention Centre.


THE WOOL TRENDS CENTRE For the 2017 Show, the Campaign for Wool and British Wool will be working in conjunction with the Flooring Show to create a Wool Trends Area, showing the benefits of wool products for the interiors sector, with the focus on flooring.


The area will also feature Wool Carpet exhibitors, including Penthouse Carpets Ltd, Brockway, Axminster Carpets, Cavalier Carpets, Adam Carpets, Bondworth & Ulster Carpets Ltd.


awareness and increasing sales. Learn how to connect with your customers and win new contract work by creating relevant content and turn your business into a successful, socially savvy business.


To complement the packed seminar schedule, the first ever panel discussion will run on Sunday 17 September. This will be chaired by Martin Curtis of Wool Carpet Focus Group and the discussion will focus on Why Consumers Should Choose Wool Carpet. This will be a live, interactive debate that you will not want to miss!


CARPET FITTER OF THE YEAR After its applauded return last year, NICF are looking for the next Carpet Fitter of the Year, with the final of the competition taking place in the Kings Suite at The Flooring Show. Six finalists: Darren Ash, Jason Draper, Dan Evans, Rob Harper, Byron Terret and John Wright, will face their final task, live during the show, where the winner will also be announced. As proud sponsors of the competition, The Flooring Show would like to say a huge well done to all who entered the competition and good luck to all six finalists.


CONTRACT ZONE New for 2017, the Show organisers are introducing the Contract Zone. Featuring a central display of the latest trends and innovations in the contract flooring sector, and surrounded by exhibition stands, which will host key brands, this latest development will be one not to miss for architects, interior designers, facilities mangers, developers and contract managers.


Located in Hall Q, this exciting new area is supported and sponsored by the Contract Flooring Association, who will also be running a Demonstration Zone with a specific focus on contract flooring in the same Hall.


SEMINAR PROGRAMME This year’s free-to-attend seminars will be taking place at Speakers Corner and will focus on helping visitors across a variety of topics including; marketing products and businesses using various methods, how to price products, make social media work for your company, carpet recycling, caring for wool and wool trends. Speakers at this year’s show include David Abbott, RFMS, Houzz, Federation of Small Business, Steve Philip, Interface, Hattrick PR and Scarlet Opus.


This year’s keynote speaker is Warren Knight, who will be discussing the topic of How to Win New Business with Social Media. In this thought provoking seminar with the renowned social media strategist, you’ll learn how to turn visitors into prospects and win new business.


Warren will walk you through his proven step-by-step social media roadmap to achieve the end goal of generating brand


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Also located in Hall Q will be a specific seminar area, which will host CPD certified seminars, giving visitors from the contract sector a chance to add to their professional development. The Contract Zone has been developed through listening to feedback from last year’s show and will offer everything visitors asked for and much more.


Lined up to deliver CPD Seminars so far are; Sika on Wood Floor Bonding and Houzz on How to Houzz: During this session, Houzz will be covering all the fundamentals of how you can grow and manage your company’s online exposure. You can learn how to get discovered, build credibility and how to engage with homeowners. Houzz will also be sharing insights from their annual house and home survey which reveals the latest trends we’re seeing across the UK community, what projects homeowners are planning and how much they plan to spend.


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