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The concept underlay couldn’t be seen at the exhibiton as it was placed beneath a Laneve carpet on the Wools of New Zealand stand. British made Crumbwool was also placed in the Flooring Deluxe competition going head to head with a selection of the world’s greatest flooring designs and products.

The crumbwool concept underlay is made from new British carpet. Felt is manufactured from carpet edge trims taken from carpet factories. The wool felt is combined with rubber crumb taken from car tyres to create a hybrid providing great underlay characteristics. Anglo’s unique equipment enabled the crumbwool carpet underlay to be born.

The crumbwool concept was selected as the ideal partner for a Wools of New Zealand Laneve carpet. Laneve is a brand and mark applied to carpets that are sustainably produced and the wool is traceable right back to individual farms.

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My inspiration for Anglo Social was a wonderful lady called Kate Atkinson. She left Oxford University and instead of going into the city like so many of her contemporaries- she headed for Govan in Glasgow to set up a carpet recycling social enterprise.

6 years later it is still running and following her dream to provide work experience for recovering drug addicts, providing cheap flooring to some of the poorest, as well as reusing a resource that we used to throw away.

My motivation in setting up Anglo Social, as part of the Anglo family group of companies, was my son James who is autistic. 80% of autistic adults don’t work- and I want to show that many of them are quite capable of work- albeit with a bit of help and support.

To visit Anglo Social click here.

Simon Macaulay is the managing director of Rochdale-based Anglo Recycling Technology Ltd, which makes and supplies felt products made from recycled and waste fibers.

“Our marketing director has excellent web experience, so he’s driving our online sales, which is key to our growth ambitions. We doubled our online sales last year and we’re hoping to do the same this year. Last year we also hired a graduate to help with marketing, and that’s gone really well.

“In a recession it’s tempting to cut right back, especially on marketing. But you’re bound to lose some customers, so if you aren’t putting any effort into attracting others through marketing, you could run into serious trouble.

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