Record breaking time for firm

A Hinckley-based floor retailer is celebrating a record-breaking month of sales, selling enough flooring to cover Wembley’s football pitch - 28 times over.

Uk Flooring Direct endured its best month of trade throughout November fulfilling thousands of orders across the UK.

The company sold more than 200,000 square metres of its flooring - a range of real wood and laminate - making it the highest number of sales in a month since the firm was first established in 2005.

London was one of the hottest spots for sales but there were also strong buyers from Leicester and Coventry too.

The successful month included a bumper Black Friday which marks a positive end to a year for the company who moved to Hinckley from Exhall just 12 months ago.

Throughout the last year, UK Flooring Direct has grown from less than 80 employees to well over 100 members of staff and after investing heavily in technology, also hopes to be on the right path for a £100million turnover over the next three years.

Jason Ashby, founder of the company, said: “It’s a testament to the hard work of the whole team that we recorded our best ever month in November.

“The team have been incredible and we’ve been doing everything we can to keep the atmosphere fun and to keep everyone motivated in a really busy period.

“It was great to be able to treat them to a fantastic Christmas party in December, as a celebration and thank you for all their efforts throughout the year.

“We have always invested but this year we’ve really ramped that up because we are looking long-term.”