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CFJ AWARDS 2026

Shane Moore joins CFJ Awards 2026 judging panel

FLOORING CONTRACTOR and technical assessment roles, gaining an expert flooring
INDUSTRY
AWARDS Shane Moore in-depth understanding of domestic and services throughout
2026
is due to join commercial flooring projects. the southeast,
the independent CFJ Awards judging panel In 2017, he founded SM Flooring specialising in
for the 2026 event. Solutions, delivering high-quality flooring independent
With more than 25 years’ experience in installations, inspections, and technical inspections, training,
the flooring and adhesives industry, Shane training. His expertise later led him to and consultancy for
has established himself as a respected work with a leading flooring manufacturer, the flooring sector.
professional known for his technical supporting product development, Passionate
knowledge, precision, and commitment to specifications, and on-site technical about passing on Shane Moore
raising standards in the trade. solutions across a range of projects in the knowledge and upholding quality within
Starting his career as an apprentice UK and beyond. the trade, Shane remains dedicated to
in 2001, he quickly progressed through Re-establishing SM Flooring Solutions helping others achieve excellence in
hands-on installation, site management, in 2025, Shane continues to provide flooring installation and practice. 

Sustainability Initiative Award to be judged by UKSFA’s Cathie Clarke

KICK-START 2024 as its new CEO. She has a track spent over a decade working to support
Publishing, which record running membership and trade the heritage built environment, creating
publishes CFJ, organisations in the construction industry. and managing the Heritage Skills HUB
is delighted to Prior to joining UKSFA, Cathie took the (a Community Interest Company) and
announce Cathie opportunity to fulfil a long-held ambition culminating in her role as general manager
Clarke, CEO to renovate first a ‘20s station masters of the National Heritage Training Group.
Cathie Clarke of UKSFA, will house, then a ‘70s terrace – putting in Cathie’s early career was spent as a
judge the 2026 to practice all the things she’d learned in petrophysicist, having completed a mining
Sustainability Initiative Award which the construction and heritage building and applied geology degree at Leicester
will come from the installation finalists industry. University. In her free time, Cathie loves to
selected by the judging panel. Prior to this, Cathie served as CEO of walk, ride the occasional horse and look
Cathie joined UKSFA on 1 July the Single Ply Roofing Association having after her garden. 

Current CFJ Awards 2026 Sponsors:

F Ball and Co - With a history stretching and throughout the UK. As the only level of technical expertise, paired with
back to nearly 140 years, F Ball and Co is contractor sponsoring the CFJ Awards, industry leading laboratories and the
the UK’s leading manufacturer of flooring we’re proud to celebrate the innovation, latest developments in raw material and
adhesives and floor preparation products quality, and talent shaping the future of processing technology.
for the contract flooring industry. Its our industry. SASGO is a specialist flooring distributor
extensive portfolio of products, which Morleys have been manufacturing with over 40 years of experience,
it manufactures at its Staffordshire products for the flooring industry providing contractors with practical
headquarters and exports globally, for over 35 years. Based in Preston, on-site support, technical guidance,
includes floor smoothing compounds, Lancashire, they produce an array of and tailored specifications. We back
repair compounds, waterproof surface high-quality stair nosings, flooring the CFJ Awards because we champion
membranes, flooring adhesives and adhesives and flooring accessories, good practice across our own operations
primers with solutions for both commercial and the wider sector, reinforcing high
Hanson Plywood are based in Halifax, and domestic environments. The stair standards, responsible performance, and
West Yorkshire and are specialists in nosings and accessories profiles are all project continuity.
providing cost effective and fit-for- available in a wide range of anodised Wilsons Underlays are proud to sponsor
purpose timber-based panel products finishes and the adhesive manufacturing the 2026 CFJ Awards. Being part of
to a wide variety of industries. The facility offers a bespoke formulation the flooring industry’s top talent and
company has assisted the flooring process. sharing the passion we all have for our
sector in defining the criteria required N&C Nicobond are British manufacturers sector is something we never take for
for plywood panels which can meet the and distributors of high-quality flooring granted. It’s inspiring to support an
specific, and demanding requirements of products and systems with 55 years’ event that reflects what we believe in:
subfloor constructions. experience in the development and innovation, community and a drive to
Loughton Contracts is an award- manufacture of high-performance keep improving. As three-time winners
winning, employee-owned flooring smoothing compounds and over 65 of the Flooring Innovation Awards, we’re
contractor with over 30 years’ years as inventors and innovators within honoured to continue playing a role in
experience delivering excellence the adhesive industry. Our factory in celebrating the achievements that move
across prestigious projects in London Stoke on Trent offers an unrivalled our industry forward.

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