F. BALL BOLSTERS SALES


AND SUPPORT TEAMS F. Ball has appointed Adam Lord as northern area sales manager, whilst strengthening its leading technical support offering in the south of England with the recruitment of two new technical representatives.


As northern area sales manager, Adam will manage and support the company’s network of regional technical representatives across the north of England, Scotland and Ireland and work closely with F. Ball wholesalers to grow sales whilst identifying and developing new market opportunities.


Adam has developed extensive knowledge of the subfloor preparation products and adhesives market, as well as sales and marketing experience and leadership skills, through flooring industry sales roles, most recently as contract and commercial manager at a flooring distribution company for 15 years. This includes directing teams of contract and retail representatives providing technical support to flooring professionals.


Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I’ve been familiar with F. Ball


BEDROCK TILES ACHIEVES CARBON


NEUTRAL STATUS Bedrock Tiles has announced that the company has achieved the status of becoming the first in the UK tiling industry to be certified as Carbon Neutral.


It has been calculated that Bedrock Tiles emits 52 tonnes of carbon while conducting its operational tile supplying activities over the course of, a year. To offset their carbon emissions Bedrock chose to send their contribution to hydro and forestation projects.


According to the Northampton-based tile supplier, the Carbon Neutral Britain Certification process was extremely intense and thorough. It took Bedrock Tiles three months to collate and present all the data to the auditing company for scopes 1, 2 and 3. It then took a further three weeks for that data to be analysed and reported back.


The certification is an annual requirement and Bedrock has now incorporated this into its operational


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procedures along with factoring the costs into the company’s budgets.


Pete Brown, founder of Bedrock Tiles, said: “We cannot wait to continue the good work that we’ve started next year and into the future.


“Whilst it is quite a process to become certified, it is imperative that we all get on board. Bedrock would like to extend an invitation to fellow businesses to get in touch with us to discuss, what we did to get there and encourage


as many other, forward-thinking businesses to do the same.


“Bedrock can always help you find perfect sustainable tiles, at our award- winning showroom in Moulton Park or simply offer you some sound advice on tiles for your projects if you need it. Please feel free to get in touch with the knowledge that all deliveries made by Bedrock are now carbon neutral.”


www.bedrock-tiles.com


products for nearly 16 years, so I’m well aware of the opportunity that I have to work for a market- leader that is highly regarded for being synonymous with quality and innovative products. My first task is getting to know the team and adjusting to new ways of working, and I’m confident that it won’t be long before I can start to make a positive impact on helping the team and company reach its objectives.”


L-R: Joe Gilbert, Adam Lord and Scott Pomeroy


assistance to flooring contractors, distributors and retailers in their territories. This will include conducting site visits and producing project- specific reports advising on achieving optimum results when using high- performance F. Ball products.


F. Ball has also boosted its regional technical support with the appointments of Scott Pomeroy and Joe Gilbert as technical representatives for the south and south-east of England areas respectively.


Scott and Joe will provide expert technical advice, training and on-site


Scott brings 27 years’ experience in sales at flooring retailers and distributors to the role.


Joe has worked in the flooring industry for nearly 10 years, including in sales and technical support roles for subfloor preparation products and adhesives manufacturers.


www.f-ball.co.uk


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