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18 March 2025 Blog - Addressing claims about the contribution of paint to microplastics pollution » A recent newspaper article in a UK tabloid newspaper referenced paints and coatings as the main source of global microplas...
11 February 2025 BCF Statement on Thermal Paint for BBC This Morning Live Programme » ‘The British Coatings Federation believes it very unlikely that paints applied in such thin coatings could lead to the typ...
21 October 2024 Blog – #ProtectCollectDispose Week is back - we need input to secure continuation of DIY antifouling » While antifouling does a great job of keeping our hulls clean, and even has some environmental...
26 July 2024 BCF Blog: The New UK Government: outlook for business and the coatings sector » By David Park, BCF Public Affairs Manager Three weeks have passed since the UK General Election. It delivered a...
07 June 2024 BCF Relaunches its Manifesto for the Coatings Sector » Back in December, at a reception in the House of Commons, BCF launched its Essential Coatings Report and a companion Man...
31 January 2024 BCF Blog: Can we have a chat? – Mental health & beyond » By Belle Lake, Membership & Technical Executive and BCF's Mental Health First Aider With the sho...
04 January 2024 CEO blog - 2024 – Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Coatings Sector » By Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive Officer of the BCF New Year is a time to look back and a time to p...
05 July 2023 Guest Blog - Unintended Consequences » By Stephen Falder, General Secretary of NOVA Paint Club Awaab Ishak died in 2020, eight days after his s...
07 June 2023 CEO blog - BCF 2023 charity bike ride – a preview of the course and some interesting landmarks » By Tom Bowtell, BCF CEO To commemorate Bike Week 100 , Cycling UK's 100th annual Bike Week, Tom cycled the 100km r...
06 April 2023 CEO blog - April 2023 » By Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive Officer of the BCF Spring feels like it is finally about to come as we he...
28 October 2022 CEO blog - Does paint cause a problem to the marine environment? » By Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive Officer of the BCF There was a report published earlier this year that cl...
28 January 2022 CEO blog– Looking ahead to challenges in 2022 » By Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive Officer of the BCF I’m so impressed with how members have responded to al...
04 August 2021 CEO blog – Further consolidation in the UK coatings industry » Earlier in July the acquisition of U-POL by American owned Axalta was announced – U-POL was the latest, and by far largest...
05 January 2021 BCF blog - What a difference a year (hopefully) makes » Most people on the planet were glad to see the back of 2020. The authors of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle might have glossed o...
03 November 2020 BCF blog - Lockdown 2.0 and dealing with Brexit – 2020 is not over yet! » 2020 has been a strange and difficult year for our industry so far and the final couple of months look like they will be v...
24 July 2020 BCF blog - How is the coatings industry fairing after Covid-19? » By Tom Bowtell, CEO Coatings , printing inks and wallcoverings are critical to UK ma...
22 July 2020 BCF blog - Creating a network of coatings industry ambassadors » I recently joined the BCF as the new Senior Marketing Executive. There’s been a huge amount to learn about the coatings, p...
15 June 2020 BCF blog: Brexit update June 2020 » BCF blog: Brexit update June 2020 By David Park EU Free Trade Negotiations Whilst assisting members with their respon...
31 March 2020 BCF blog: BCF member support during the Coronavirus crisis » By Tom Bowtell, CEO In the space of a few weeks, like many others, our industry is in a state of turmoil. Mar...
31 March 2020 BCF blog: The critical contribution of coatings during crisis » By David Park, Public Affairs Manager Keeping the economy going Last week the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, told t...
26 March 2020 BCF blog: helping members navigate a path through the Coronavirus » By David Park, Public Affairs Manager Big decisions being made - greater clarity needed: The Coronavirus pandemic see...
24 March 2020 BCF guidance for teleconferencing » Following Government guidelines, all BCF council and committee meetings due to take place in the coming months will be goi...
26 February 2020 BCF Blog - A new start for BCF's Sustainability Committee » Harry Westaway, Regulatory Affairs Manager A new start for BCF's Sustainability Committee Sustainable development and...
28 January 2020 BCF Blog - The Year Ahead » Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive So what can we expect in 2020? It’s the start of a new decade and as a country we are hea...
23 January 2020 BCF Blog - Brexit and a Future Trade Agreement with the EU » The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill finally passed all of its Parliamentary stages yesterday, 22 nd January, and no...
11 December 2019 BCF Blog: An industry update » Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive Whatever the outcome of the election tomorrow, the coatings industry, along with other...
24 September 2019 BCF Blog: CEPE Conference 2019 » Tom Bowtell, CEO Ellen and I went to Malta in the middle of September, to attend the CEPE conference and the bi-annual me...
20 September 2019 BCF Blog: Poison Centres Update » By Wayne Smith, Director of Regulatory Affairs The CARACAL meeting on 18 September agreed the first amendment of An...
20 September 2019 BCF Blog: Coatings Ambassador Training » By Wayne Smith, Director of Regulatory Affairs I recently had the opportunity to take part in a training day...
03 September 2019 BCF Blog: New BCF Brexit Survey » Tom Bowtell, BCF CEO Two and a half years ago, we launched our first Brexit survey to gauge members’ views on Brexit- wh...
03 September 2019 BCF Blog: Titanium Dioxide update » Ellen Daniels, Head of Public Affairs and Policy On Monday, I took part in a call organized by the Titanium Dioxid...
23 July 2019 BCF review: Navigating Chemicals Regulation in China and Korea » by Emily Bradley, Regulatory Affairs Executive With increasing regulatory challenges in the Global Chemicals market...
05 June 2019 BCF Blog: Not Just Brexit... » Ellen Daniels, Head of Public Affairs and Policy Not just Brexit… With the political excitement of the last two weeks...
01 May 2019 BCF is now recruiting Coatings Ambassadors » Tania Morrill Make a difference, learn new skills, be part of a professional network – BCF is now recruiting Coatings Am...
19 March 2019 BCF blog - gridlock in parliament causing huge uncertainty and frustration to our industry » by Tom Bowtell It’s been a pretty monumental week for British politics – one I’ve missed most of having been in China thi...
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