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The UK Flooring Podcast, produced by Cockerill & Co, is on a mission to elevate and unite the flooring industry community.
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How Flooring Software Can Save Time, Reduce Waste and Protect Profit with Jason Hill (opens the original)
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In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom sits down with Jason Hill, co-owner of South Coast Floors and founder of PlanIt Flooring. After more than 25 years working in technology and start-up businesses, Jason thought he was leaving the tech world behind when he joined a flooring company in Southampton. Instead, he found an industry still heavily reliant on pads, pens, PDF price lists and knowledge stored inside people’s heads. Unable to find software designed around the way flooring busin
The Flooring Skills Gap: Training, Competence and the Future of the Trade with F. Ball (opens the original)
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In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom visits the F. Ball Centre of Excellence to speak with Tim Green, Head of Training, and Alan McEwan, Technical Representative for Scotland. Together, they explore one of the biggest challenges facing the flooring industry: the shortage of skilled floorlayers and the difficulty of attracting younger people into the trade. Tim and Alan explain why flooring is still misunderstood as a career, how the industry can promote itself more effectively, and wh
Is Your Flooring Business Properly Insured? with David Edmondson (opens the original)
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In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom is joined by David Edmondson from JMG Insurance Brokers for a practical conversation about insurance for flooring contractors, retailers and business owners. Many businesses arrange insurance because they know they need it, then assume everything is covered without checking the exclusions, conditions or limits hidden within the policy. David explains why choosing insurance solely on price, allowing policies to renew without a proper review and fail
How Surplus Carpet Is Helping Families in Need (opens the original)
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In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom sits down with Andrew Sykes from Noah’s Ark Centre and Carpets Like a Boss to explore the impact flooring can have on people experiencing poverty, poor mental health and housing insecurity. Andrew shares his own journey from running successful businesses to suffering a nervous breakdown that completely changed the direction of his life. After finding a new purpose at Noah’s Ark, he used his financial background to help families escape debt and buil
Gary Hosey - Be Interested, Not Interesting: The EQ Edge in Flooring (opens the original)
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This episode of The UK Flooring Podcast sits down with Gary Hosey, leadership coach and EQ-i Master Trainer, for a straight, practical chat about emotional intelligence, and why it matters more in flooring than most people realise. Because whether you’re a one-person band or running a team of 20, the job is still people. Customers with expectations. Staff with personalities. Pressure, stress, and those awkward conversations you keep putting off until they blow up. Gary breaks emotional intellige
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