Tenants in two of Birmingham City Council’s 15-storey tower blocks are benefitting from brighter more colourful communal areas and improved fire safety standards, thanks to CLC Contracts Limited using Crown Trade Timonox flame retardant coating systems.

Crown Trade is significantly expanding its product offer with a new range of high performance Protective Coatings, formulated specifically for use on structural steel, metal cladding and other internal and external metal features.

Twelve young men and women from across the UK have secured a place in the national final of the Crown Trade Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition which takes place at Coleg Menai’s Construction Campus in LLangefni, Wales from 8-10 September.

Crown Trade has launched a second Clean Extreme decorative coating for use in all types of heavily trafficked areas which are prone to soiling, scuffs and scrapes and which need to be able to withstand regular wet cleaning.

This summer sees the launch of three new Crown Trade Steracryl decorative coatings which will dramatically extend the scope and application of this long established hygiene range.

Using a Crown Trade Timonox flame retardant coating system, P&D contractor S Peake & Son Limited has transformed the appearance of the King’s Hall in Stoke on Trent, upgrading the fire safety of the ornate Victorian building at the same.

As part of its extended Steracryl health and hygiene coatings range, Crown Trade has introduced two anti bacterial coatings based on an established silver ion technology that is widely used throughout the hospital environment.

Crown Trade is aiming to make life easier for contractors working on new build sites and give them ‘more control over the wall’ with the launch of Covermatt Drywall Primer. This versatile ready to

E & P Contractors Limited is a Wirral based business with a 120-strong workforce that has been painting, decorating and protecting all types of commercial, industrial and residential buildings for over 35 years.

In recognition of Crown Paints’ partnership with housing association, L&Q, the leading paint manufacturer has donated a park bench, manufactured entirely from recycled plastic paint containers.

Crown Paints has announced its plans for Ecobuild 2010. The company will showcase the positive steps it has taken to improve the environmental credentials of its products and business practices since implementing its earthbalance® programme.

Most Premiership managers probably don’t have a lot of time to think about interior decor but, keen to use every means at his disposal to get the very best out of his team, ‘Big Sam’ Allardyce, manager of Blackburn Rovers, is getting to grips with the power of colour...

Mark Nevin’s fantastic achievement at WorldSkills came as no surprise to the marketing, sales and training teams at Crown Trade. They have watched this young Scot go from strength to strength in his career after scoring exceptionally high marks in the 2005 national final of the Crown Trade Young Decorator of the Year Competition, walking away with the coveted title, trophy and a cheque for £1000.

St Mary’s Church in Coatbridge required extensive redecoration and during the tendering process a number of manufacturers’ colour and coating specifications were sought for the project.

It is now several years since The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force, yet from the raft of recent successful prosecutions it seems that some people have failed to recognise their legal responsibilities under the new regime.

Crown Paints Limited, the UK’s largest independent paint manufacturer, has appointed Darryl Senior to the role of purchasing director.

Packed full with 88 easy to navigate pages of product and technical information, Crown Trade’s smart new Product Guide is an indispensable component of the professional decorator’s toolkit.

Crown Trade is launching two new products to extend the versatility and scope of its Timonox flame retardant coatings range and reinforce its position at the forefront of the ‘fire safety’ sector.

One of the highlights of this year’s National Painting & Decorating Show was the launch of Crown Trade’s eagerly awaited 2010-compliant gloss system. Hundreds of sample pots of Next Generation Gloss and Undercoat were given out to decorators......

Mike Polkinghorn, former Vice President Operations of Ronseal and Sherwin Williams, the world’s largest coatings company, has been appointed as Production and Logistics Director at Crown Paints Limited. ....