This section covers the trade decorating industry as a whole and you’ll be able to read from a wide variety of news topics. We cover all the main manufacturers and a lot of the larger merchants.
Crown trade identifies the key colour trends set to shape decorator workbooks in 2026, as homeowners move away from neutral schemes.
The one for stains and steam: Dulux Trade Durable Kitchen & Bathroom Eggshell has launched as a single product with a long-lasting performance.
Purdy launches altitude roller sleeve for unmatched finish and productivity, a preimium addition to their product line.
Leyland and Dulux raise over £18,000 for homelessness charity St Mungo’s through a London-wide fundraising campaign supporting people in need.
Akzonobel announces Dulux's Let's Colour - Colour of the Year community makeover winners, which will see three community spaces transformed.
JOHNSTONE’S TRADE delivers immediate hiding power with new obliterate matt, a premium-quality emulsion paint engineered for quality results.
Johnstone’s Paint teams up with World Snooker Tour and Mind to ‘frame’ conversation around mental wellbeing, helping those who often work alone.
Polyvine joins Made in Britain, celebrating 40 years of UK-based manufacturing and specialist coatings.
Crown Trade is proud to share how paint transformed mental health hospital, supporting Cygnet Kenney House to create a therapeutic space.
Okarno appoints Ross Baxter as managing director to accelerate growth and deliver market-leading supply chain solutions.
Okarno supports Nottinghamshire Hospice in annual Light Up the Night, donating £3,000 to fund vital end-of-life care over the Christmas period.
Rodo marks 100 years as a proud British family business. Transforming from a a small broom supplier, into a trade decorating accessories supplier.
Enter Farrow & Ball’s Iconic Spaces 2026 competition and showcase how colour transforms spaces. Inspiring designs, expert judges, global exposure.
Leading UK paint brand, Dulux partners with nooku to highlights impact of water-based and 99.9% voc-free paint on indoor air quality.
Leyland brings colour and christmas cheer to the community with new tower bridge road store, the brands 36th location in London.
Crown Paint smashes its 2025 donation target, delivering more than 15,000 litres of paint to community projects across the UK!
UK’s City of Culture undergoes colour transformation thanks to Crown, donating 20,000 litres of specialist paint for BD:Walls street art programme.
Painting the town: Akzonobel teams up with local partners to give Langley Pavilion a new lease of life, a comforting and safe community space.
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