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Together with the Blackburn Round Table we’ve repainted a local resource centre for young homeless people in Blackburn – bringing some colour into the lives of some of the most vulnerable …

We’re sponsoring four grassroots football teams, providing them with brand new kits, following a social media competition. All four lucky football teams were selected at random from the hundreds of …

We’ve secured a prestigious agreement with Bournemouth University which will see products from across our range used for future new build and refurbishment projects. As the University’s sole supplier of …

Over the last year we’ve donated five park benches, manufactured using recycled plastic paint cans, to five local authority care homes and housing schemes to enable residents to enjoy the …

In the last of our series of blogs on this year’s inspirational new colour trends as devised by our very own team of colour experts, we’re looking at how ‘Redefined’ …

We’ll be showcasing a range of solutions designed to help specifiers working in the social housing sector create colourful, cost-effective and high-quality decoration schemes at the forthcoming Procurement for Housing (PfH) …

Since reaching the final of the Crown Paints Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition in 2017, Callum Bonner has never looked back. He’s now set his sights on the world, …

With the Crown Paints Apprentice Decorator of the Year regional heats underway, we’ve turned to judge and 2015 winner Ben Deer for details on the competition, as well as some …

In our new series of blogs, we are taking a closer look at our latest colour trends to show how both trade professionals and DIY enthusiasts can create new colour …

As the 2019 Apprentice Decorator of the Year regional heats get underway, we had a catch up with Alan Burns, deputy executive director at City Building Glasgow which is home …

We’re proud to have once again awarded £10,000 in funding to worthy community projects and not-for-profit schemes in and around Darwen, Lancashire, where we employ 500 people. The donations have …

Working in collaboration with Bell Decorating Group, we marked the launch of the first Bell Decorating Academy in Lincoln with a morning of workshops for the students of Lincoln College. …

Every year, our panel of colour consultants and experts compile several new colour trends  to help decorators, DIYers and homeowners alike take a fresh approach to choosing colour schemes.   …

Residents in Hull may have noticed that the Preston Road Estate has a brand new look, thanks to the artistic efforts of the street art collective, Bankside Gallery – and …

We’re no strangers to VIP guests here at Crown Paints – over the years we’ve hosted prime ministers, politicians and leading figures from businesses across the UK. However, there’s nothing …