Buying Group Award Win for Cormar Carpets
Updated. 5.June.2013
In May, Flooring Retailer Groups, ACG, BRM, Carpet 1st, Flooring One and SMG headed up the annual Buying Group National Flooring Show held at the AIS Head Offices in Solihull, at which over 60 leading carpet and flooring brands were present.
This year, Cormar Carpets were delighted to be awarded Supplier of the...
Annual Flooring Guild Training Course 2013 at Cormar Carpets
Updated. 22.May.2013
During April this year, Cormar Carpets hosted their annual Flooring Guild Training Course, with independent industry expert and course tutor Ray Morgan.
The three-day ‘Selling Quality Carpets’ training event, run by the Flooring Guild, has been held every year for the last five years for carpet shops to help retailers train staff...
Ultra Makeover for Cormar's Primo
Updated. 17.May.2013
Leading UK carpet manufacturer, Cormar Carpets, has re-launched its Primo Ultra easy clean heavyweight range with brand new plain and heather colours
Primo Ultra is part of the easy clean family, one of the most successful polypropylene tufted carpet collections of recent years. Made with 100% Excellon - a polypropylene fibre renowned for its stain resistance and harwearing...
Another New Sensational Carpet
Updated. 31.January.2013
Luxury carpets are affordable for all, as Cormar’s Sensation range is now available in two qualities; “Original” and now “New Feeling”.
Like “Original” Sensation, “New Feeling” is a quality carpet made from 100% Luxelle polypropylene to provide a super soft touch, with the same lustrous look, but in a lighter pile weight. And at a reduced...
Sales Team Expansion at Cormar
Updated. 9.January.2013
Cormar Carpets, one of the UK’s leading tufted carpet manufacturers, is expanding its national sales team.
Cormar has increased its field sales personnel from 20 to 23, to cover the three new sales territories which have been created to cover carpet shops across the Scottish Borders, North Wales and Devon & Cornwall. In total, four...
Cormar Carpets Joins The Carpet Foundation
Updated. 4.January.2013
From the beginning of January Cormar Carpets will become members of the Carpet Foundation. This is a carpet trade organisation whose objectives are to promote and communicate the benefits of quality carpets and quality carpet retailers throughout the UK
It’s members are drawn from UK carpet manufacturers and retailers, who all sell under the CF quality mark and subscribe to the Office of Fair Trading Code of Practice. This Code of Practise underpins the Foundation providing...
Cormar Celebrates Harrogate Flooring Show 50th Anniversary
Updated. 10.October.2012
Once again Cormar Carpets exhibited their range of quality carpets at the annual trade Flooring Exhibition in Harrogate. The exhibition, which first started in 1962, celebrated its 50th year in September. Cormar were doubly proud to be one of the original exhibitors, all those years ago.
This year Cormar Carpets majored on two new carpet ranges –Sensation, a deep pile, heavy weight, easy clean carpet, which was launched in July and Primo Choice, a...
More Choice from Cormar Carpets
Updated. 1.October.2012
Thanks to the launch of brand new heather twist range, Primo Choice, shoppers have more choice when buying carpets than ever before.
Savvy shoppers have more choice when buying carpets than ever before, thanks to the launch of brand new heather twist range, Primo Choice from Cormar Carpets, which adds a new dimension to its popular
New 5M Cut Length Investment for Cormar
Updated. 30.August.2012
Leading UK tufted carpet manufacturer Cormar Carpets invests in top of the range 5m wide cutting machine.
Leading UK tufted carpet manufacturer Cormar Carpets has completed the final phase of a three year programme of investment with the installation of a second top of the range, 5m wide cutting machine within its cut lengths...
Updated. 16.August.2012
Cormar Carpets wins Interior's Monthly 2012 Best Flooring Customer Service Award for the third time.
Cormar Carpets has cemented its position as one of the leading independent carpet manufacturers in the UK by continuing its run of industry accolades – winning three this year, including Interior’s Monthly 2012 Best...
Double Celebrations for Cormar Carpets
Updated. 5.July.2012
Cormar Carpets wins two Independent Retail Buying Group Flooring Awards in quick succession.
Cormar Carpets has continued its run of industry accolades by winning two Independent Retail Buying Group Flooring Awards in quick succession. First the Flooring One’s ‘Supplier of the Year’ in May, followed by the...
Cormar Carpets Holds Flooring Guild Training Course for British Carpet Retailers
Updated. 18.May.2012
At the end of April this year, Cormar Carpets held the popular Flooring Guild Training Course at its Brookhouse Mill site. The carpet and flooring course was attended by 20 carpet retailers from across the UK and Ireland.
The three-day ‘Selling Quality Carpets’ training event, run by Ray Morgan from the Flooring Guild, has been held every year for the last four years to help retailers train staff that are new to the flooring trade. It is...
Natural Living by Cormar Carpets
Updated. 14.May.2012
Leading UK tufted carpet manufacturer, Cormar Carpets has introduced its brand new Living Naturals collection that epitomises the very best in affordable style in loop pile carpets.
Designed to offer a natural look, at an affordable price for today's homeowners, Living Naturals is made from 50% pure new wool and 50% polypropylene. It is available in three distinctive designs – simple level pinstripe;...
Mayor of Bury Visits Local Carpet Company
Updated. 1.April.2012
Directors and staff at Bury-based Cormar Carpets recently welcomed the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Yvonne Creswell, as well as Leader of Bury Council, Mike Connolly and Chief Executive, Mike Kelly, as part of a tour of local businesses and manufacturers.
“It was a pleasure to show the Mayor and Council Leaders around both our mills and let them see the carpet business at work, and the people who work here.” said Robert Barker, Finance Director of Cormar Carpets. “ It...
Cormar featured in Motor Transport Magazine
Updated. 19.March.2012
Cormar Carpets were recently featured in March’s edition of Motor Transport – a trade publication which provides comprehensive news of the truck industry, covering all the latest operational, legal and technical issues in the UK haulage, distribution and logistics industry.
Within a two page feature, the magazine spoke to Craig Marshall, the Logistics Manager for Cormar Carpets, about their use of IT within transport and how Cormar have been using ‘Computerised Vehicle Software Systems – CVRS...
Cormar Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill
Updated. 5.March.2012
Leading UK manufacturer, Cormar Carpets, has achieved its goal to have ‘zero waste to landfill’ at its Brookhouse Mill and Holme Mill manufacturing sites in Lancashire.
Nationally 400,000 tonnes of carpet waste is buried in UK landfill every year and with the German and Dutch governments recently banning carpet waste from landfill altogether, it’s likely that the UK government will follow in...
Cormar appear in the Sunday Express
Updated. 6.February.2012
In February Cormar were pleased to be featured in the Sunday Express “Wrap up your Home in Wool” (5th February 2012) in which Jane Slade discussed the benefits of wool and how it can be used throughout the home.
“Wool has been used for centuries and despite the wide range of cheaper, man-made materials on the market it is still the number one natural product for durability, eco-friendliness, ease of handling and installation and looks...
Cormar Carpets - Tomorrows Flooring Product Award 2012
Updated. 18.January.2012
Cormar Carpets latest carpet range, Primo Delight, has been shortlisted for Tomorrows Flooring Product Awards 2012
Tomorrows Flooring the leading online flooring industry magazine have announced their top finalists for their Product Awards 2012 and amongst them were UK’s leading British Manufacturer Cormar Carpets.
Over...
Easy Clean Carpets from Cormar are a Delight
Updated. 12.September.2011
Cormar Carpets adds a touch of luxury the home with the launch of its heavyweight, stain resistant Primo Delight carpet range.
The hardwearing, low maintenance carpet collection is available in 12 bestselling non-fade flecked heather shades - including on-trend Violet, Raven and Steel - making easy living more fashionable than ever.
Said...
New Trade Web Portal for Carpet Retailers is the Star of the Show
Updated. 9.September.2011
Once again Cormar Carpets exhibited this year at the Harrogate Flooring Exhibition held from 4th to 6th September 2011, alongside many other of the carpet and flooring industry’s major suppliers.
To ensure as many carpet retailers as possible attended the show, the exhibition opened again on Sunday and a Carvery Roast’ was supplied to further attract...
Cormar Carpets on BBC News Over Concerns on Escalating Wool Prices
Updated. 6.September.2011
Leading British carpet manufacturer, Cormar Carpets, made an appearance on BBC Breakfast as the news channel investigated the effects of rising British wool prices.
Looking into the problems it was causing in the industry, the programme spoke to David Cormack, marketing director of Cormar Carpets. He said: "Everyone within the woollen carpet industry is experiencing the problems associated...
Cormar Carpets Win Best Carpet Manufacturer 2011
Updated. 15.August.2011
Cormar Carpets have been voted Best Carpet Manufacturer 2011 by readers of the flooring trade publication Interiors Monthly.
After winning the Interiors Monthly Best Customer Service Award for the last two years Cormar Carpets were voted Best Carpet Manufacturer 2011. The prestigious award was announced in the August edition of Interiors Monthly. Commenting...
When it comes to Carpets Glendale adds Value
Updated. 1.July.2011
Cormar Carpets makes having a tough hard wearing berber wool twist carpet underfoot even more accessible with the launch of Glendale.
The value-for-money wool rich twist comes hot on the heels of Cormar’s Forest Hills Super and Elite 50% wool twist carpet collections, providing homeowners with a comprehensive choice of shades and...
Prime Time for Easy Clean Carpet
Updated. 30.June.2011
Easy living has never been so fashionable thanks to the re-launch of Cormar Carpet’s Primo Plus collection.
The UK’s leading producer of tufted wool and polypropylene carpets, have added 11 brand new colours to the popular Primo Plus easy-clean carpet range. It increases the total offer to a choice of 18 stylish plain...
Train to Gain with Cormar Carpets
Updated. 13.June.2011
Cormar Carpets, has hit the spot again with independent carpet retailers after another successful carpet and flooring course conducted in association with the Flooring Guild – just one of the reasons why they are still one of UK’s leading carpet manufacturers.
Providing independent carpet retailers with the chance to boost their sales skills, the course, which is in its third year, was run by industry expert Ray Morgan of the Flooring Guild, the UK training and education centre for the...
Carpet Manufacturer Scores a Hat Trick
Updated. 10.June.2011
Leading UK carpet manufacturer, Cormar Carpets, is celebrating an awards treble, adding a trio of further accolades to its growing list of industry honours.
Recognising the carpet company’s high quality products, service and staff investment, Cormar has won the Metro Carpet Buying Group ‘Supplier of the Year’, Flooring One Carpet Buying Group ‘Supplier of the...
UK Carpet Manufacturer Cormar Carpets help employees achieve their NVQ's
Updated. 17.May.2011
Not only are Cormar Carpets keen to offer the best in quality and service throughout its carpet collections, they also take pride in training its workforce to the highest standard.
With manufacturing businesses now accounting for only 10% of the country’s GDP it is encouraging to see Lancashire based Cormar Carpets continuing to invest in training for eighty employees at their Holme Mill and...
Starring Avebury Plains and Stripe Carpets
Updated. 1.May.2011
Avebury, Cormar's latest range to be updated with popular plain shades as well as co-ordinating striped carpet designs to match!
Although in these times of austerity, beige carpets and browns still dominate carpet and flooring sales – hope is just around the corner. This Spring sees the new update of Cormar Carpet’s Avebury wool...
Forest Hills - Adding to Cormar's Wool Carpets Collection
Updated. 1.March.2011
Help is at hand for hard pressed homeowners looking for new carpet on a budget.
Cormar Carpets has launched Forest Hills, a practical, hard wearing carpet made from 50% wool. And it costs from less than £20 per sqm, just perfect for a bedroom carpet, stair carpet and everywhere else in the...
Cormar Carpets at the Peak of Mt.Kilimanjaro
Updated. 11.February.2011
A Cormar Carpets employee has completed the climb of his life, trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity.
Cormar Carpets sponsored Area Salesman Dennis Johnson who covers the Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire territory along with a team of 10 others from rotary clubs in Northampton. And in recognition of the...
Cormar Carpets features in Country Homes and Interiors Magazine
Updated. 25.January.2011
Cormar Carpets are pleased to be featured in the Country Homes and Interiors 2011 Calendar supported by the British Wool Marketing Board.
The Calendar which went out with the January edition of Country Homes & Interiors features images showing British sheep and the many uses of pure new wool in home interiors – including Cormar Carpet’s Natural...
New DAF Trucks are Made to Measure for Cormar Carpets
Updated. 25.October.2010
With over 100,000 carpet deliveries per year, Cormar Carpets run a highly intensive nationwide delivery operation using specially designed demountable ‘swap’ body trucks for efficiency and flexibility.
Cormar Carpets has just taken delivery of 12 new DAFs under its rolling annual fleet replacement programme. The arrival was timed to meet the increase in demand for carpets leading up to Christmas and those vehicles being replaced...
Showcasing New Cormar Carpet Ranges at the Harrogate Flooring Show
Updated. 15.September.2010
Cormar Carpets were pleased to exhibit at the Harrogate Flooring Show this year along with many other manufacturers and companies within the carpet and flooring industry.
This 3 day event which took place from the 5th – 7th September proved to be a huge success after it introduced a brand new Sunday trading day, the first time in the industry’s history attracting many carpet shop owners and...
West Country Style for the Home
Updated. 23.August.2010
Another British Wool classic from Cormar Carpets is proving a hit with homeowners looking for West Country style.
The new high quality wool-rich carpet range, West Country, is made from 80% pure new wool, 15% polypropylene and 5% tuftbond polyester and comes in a fresh palette of 15 heather shades including a core of ever popular neutrals as well...
Cormar Carpets Win Best Customer Service Award for the 2nd Year
Updated. 1.August.2010
Cormar Carpets has been awarded Interiors Monthly magazine’s Best Flooring Customer Service, voted for by readers of the leading Interiors Trade magazine for the 2nd year running.
Not only have Cormar Carpets picked up the Best Flooring Customer Service Award for 2010, it is also the third award that the leading UK Carpet Manufacturer has won this year. Cormar Carpets have already been voted
Cormar Pedals its Way to £1k for The Christie Charity
Updated. 12.July.2010
Cormar Carpets has raised £1,000 for The Christie Cancer Centre with a charity bike ride.
Six employees from the leading carpet manufacturer in Lancashire, Cormar Carpets, took on the challenge of the 60-mile bike ride to raise funds for the Manchester-based centre which treats over 40,000 patients a year. They...
At the Apollo - New Carpet Collection Launched
Updated. 1.July.2010
For hot new colours at austerity-proof prices, Cormar Carpets brand new collection is out of this world!
Apollo is an easy to clean, stain resistant carpet that is available in a palette of fashionable new colours and well priced at around £14 sq m, ideal...
Updated. 1.June.2010
A new in-store corner display system for carpet samples has been launched by Cormar Carpets to offer carpet shops and carpet retailers flexibility in showcasing it’s portfolio of wool and polypropylene carpets.
Designed to make a distinctive first impression, the stylish corner system features a graphics panel and carpet sample cassette of the featured carpet range together with storage hangers underneath for three carpet sample...
Cormar Carpets does the Double!
Updated. 18.May.2010
Cormar Carpets has ‘done the double’ and won two top trophies from major Independent Retail Buying Groups within the Carpet and Flooring Industry.
The Metro Group voted Cormar Carpets Supplier of the Year for the 11th consecutive year, a feat no other company has achieved. In addition the Flooring One Group has also named the Lancashire based carpet manufacturer its Supplier of...
Updated. 1.May.2010
One of Cormar Carpets longest running and best selling ranges has been revamped, recoloured and repositioned.
Malabar Textures, a 100% Pure New Wool, loop pile carpet, takes the original dual-design Malabar collection to a new level. A modern ribbed texture design has been introduced to sit alongside the best selling weave...
Cormar Host Two Flooring Guild Training Courses
Updated. 30.April.2010
Following on from its successful training course at the end of 2009, Cormar Carpets held two further Flooring Guild courses in April to give carpet retailers another chance to boost their sales skills.
In association with the Flooring Guild, the UK training and education centre for the flooring industry, the two 3 day ‘Selling Quality Carpets’ courses were held at Cormar’s mills in Bury, Lancashire, exclusively for...
Town & Country - Cormar Relaunches it's Flagship 60oz Wool Twist
Updated. 1.March.2010
Town & Country, Cormar Carpets heavy weight 60oz flagship wool twist carpet collection, has been re-launched with a new updated range of colours.
Perfect as stair carpet, lounge carpet or throughout the home, the new Town & Country range is available in a collection of contemporary and traditional shades with 12 new colours including fashionable new strong colours like...
Prince Charles launches The Campaign for Wool
Updated. 1.February.2010
In January a presentation was given by HRH Prince of Wales to launch The Campaign for Wool– a major campaign to promote wool. The UK launch held at Wimpole Farm Estate outside Cambridge was attended by over 130 textile stakeholders from the world of wool including merchants, scourers, spinners, weavers, apparel and carpet manufacturers, including David Judge M.D and David Cormack Marketing Director from Cormar Carpets.
The Campaign for Wool is the Prince’s initiative to bring the natural and sustainable aspects together the practical benefits of wool to the attention of textile buyers, retailers and ultimately consumers. Prince...
New Natural Berber Twist Range from Cormar Carpets
Updated. 1.January.2010
Offering even more choice is a new collection of popular natural and neutral berber shades from Cormar Carpets.
Made from 80% British Wool, 10% Nylon and 10% Tuftbond, the new Natural Berber Twist range is available in 12 fashionable natural flecked shades such as Cluster and Parsnip, ideal for use as bedroom carpet and throughout the...
Cormar Invests in its Sales Team
Updated. 1.January.2010
Cormar Carpets, one of the UK’s leading tufted carpet manufacturers, is expanding its national sales team.
Cormar has created three new sales territories and increased its field sales personnel from 17 to 20.
“Although the carpet trade remains tough, we have confidence in the future and like other aspects of our...
UK Carpet Manufacturer Driver Qualifies for Euro Fork Lift Championship
Updated. 1.November.2009
A process operator from Cormar Carpets has qualified for an international fork lift truck competition in Germany, after securing second place in a national challenge organised by fork lift truck manufacturer, Linde Sterling.
Runner up Colin Booth, 33, from Radcliffe, will be making his debut in the 2010 Stapler Cup Competition for the Linde Sterling English team. They will be up against eight other European teams, all made up of the country’s three...
Cormar Expands it's Delivery Fleet
Updated. 1.November.2009
In spite of economic conditions, Cormar Carpets has expanded it's delivery fleet by nearly 20% to cope with peak demand throughout the year.
Cormar has introduced eight new vehicles to its line up, taking the total in-house fleet to 58. The vehicles (DAF 75’s and LF’s 55’s supplied by Lancashire DAF, Preston) are built to Euro 5...
Updated. 26.October.2009
Cormar Carpets takes on a new 'bright spark' Alex Nuttall joins the Engineering team at both mills in Bury.
Alex Nuttall, 19, from Haslingden has joined the company as an apprentice electrical engineer and will work alongside the engineering team to develop his skills to complement his course through Bury College. He will learn key aspects...
Training for Carpet Retailers with Cormar
Updated. 5.October.2009
Cormar Carpets sponsors Flooring Guilds training course at their mills in Lancashire to train up their retailers in selling quality carpets
Independent carpet retailers are being given the chance to boost their sales skills thanks to Cormar Carpets. In association with the Flooring Guild, Cormar hosted a three day ‘Selling Quality Carpets’ training course,...
Fun on the Floor Autumn Campaign
Updated. 1.October.2009
The Fun on the Floor Generic Advertising Campaign which is supported by Cormar Carpets has kicked off again for the second year running with a broad multi media advertising campaign run by the Engine Group in London.
At the forefront of this years PR campaign, is the Fun on the Floor Trend Report produced by Scarlet Opus. The report which is a complete guide to future interior trends, shows how carpet is an integral part of five future key...
A Cut Above the Rest with Cormar Carpets
Updated. 28.September.2009
Cormar Carpets installs new conveyor link system in their Bury based mill to maximise efficiency within the business and to put themselves first for customer needs.
Lancashire based carpet manufacturer Cormar Carpets has invested over £1million in its cut length system over the past two years to keep the company at the cutting edge of customer...
Updated. 14.September.2009
Cormar flys the flag for British Manufacturing
A hot topic in the media currently is all things ‘home grown in the UK ‘and as buying British once again becomes cool, Lancashire based Cormar Carpets is flying the flag for British manufacturing.
One...
Cormar Carpets Is The Star Of The Show
Updated. 7.September.2009
Starring Role for New Oaklands on ITV
Cormar Carpets has had a starring role on ITV1’s This Morning programme ‘Help! I Hate My House’ (Friday 4 September).
We supplied our 80% Wool Carpet - New Oaklands in the Silverstone colourway...
Contemporary Textures at High Street Prices
Updated. 1.August.2009
Cormar Carpets launches Twin Wool Textured ranges, Avebury and Lindisfarne.
Cormar Carpets brings star quality to home interiors with the launch of two wool textured carpets, Avebury and Lindisfarne, offering couture chic carpet at high street prices.
"Gone are the days when getting...
Updated. 1.June.2009
Metro Chairman, John Keyworth presents Cormar's Neville Cormack OBE with Supplier of the Year Award
Cormar Carpets has continued its run of industry awards success by winning four trade awards in 2009.
The Metro Independent Retail Buying Group voted Cormar Supplier of the Year for the 10th...
New Oaklands Carpet Collection - A Weighty Issue
Updated. 1.April.2009
The recently launched New Oaklands collection offers consumers a choice of three carpet weights in 18 different shades.
With the launch of New Oaklands, Cormar is wading in on the weight issue - and the result is even more choice and value-for-money...
Updated. 1.March.2009
Bury based Cormar Carpets, one of the UK's leading tufted carpet manufacturers, is waving the green flag for recycling.
Cormar Carpets is waving the green flag for recycling.
We have become one of the latest manufacturers to join trade association, Carpet Recycling UK, whose mission is to divert carpets from landfill to obtain the...