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EDITOR
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Thank you for taking the time to pick up the latest supplement from CFJ, and what David Strydom
a publication it is (even if I do say so myself)! david@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
ASSISTANT EDITOR / SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Harriet Whitaker
As Winston Churchill famously said, ‘The farther back you can look, the farther harriet.whitaker@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
forward you are likely to see,’ we can see that the merits of taking time to review the SUPPLEMENTS EDITOR
Ed Birch
past are well documented. In fact, one could easily fill a piece on history with several ed.birch@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
Churchill quotes, and apply the meanings and nuances to the world of business,
SALES MANAGER
companies, and yes, even the flooring sector.* Karen O'Riordan
0330 1234 885
karen.oriordan@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
We would like to thank all the companies who contributed their time and
EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATION / CIRCULATION
Elaine Chance
contributions for this one-off supplement. In many cases, this project found that the elaine.chance@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
complete history of companies simply hasn’t been recorded. People and staff come
ACCOUNTS / SUBSCRIPTIONS
and go, and the move from paper to digital means that many records of events have Catherine Reeves
simply not been recorded in the annuls of time. We may have the main dates, the admin@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
ACCOUNTS
names of key staff and products, but sometimes the smaller company stories get Kathleen Toland
missed or overlooked. Maybe there’s a lesson there. kathleen.toland@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
PRODUCTION
John Passmore
Equally, in no way can we say this is the definitive john.passmore@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
history of our flooring heritage. It is simply too large a DESIGN
topic to cover, but we do hope you find this publication Nick Ellis
of interest. As always, please do send us your feedback nick@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
WEB DESIGN
(good or bad!) as we love to hear from you. Neil Owen
neil@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
Thanks for reading, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Stuart Bourne
stuart.bourne@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
Ed Birch CEO
John Heath
Supplements editor john.heath@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
ed.birch@kick-startpublishing.co.uk
December 2022

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