The rise of high-quality student accommodation


With universities competing more than ever before to attract students from at home and abroad, accommodation is becoming a competitive industry.

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The Social Factor - Creating a Safe Workplace

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As governments around the world look to ease lockdowns, companies are searching for safe ways to get their employees back to work as soon as possible. Safety, as well as, mental and physical well-being is now firmly at the top of the corporate agenda.

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The Tufting Story

Meet The Maker: Martin Topping

Job title:   Infinity Operator AKA The Top Tufter 

Time at Milliken: 5 and a half years. I’ve just reached the 5 year achievement award, when you get a certificate and vouchers.

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The Warping Story

Meet The Maker: Lucinda Bamford 

Job title:  Warping Operator, aka The Warping Wizard  

Time at Milliken: 4 years

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V&A Christian Dior – Designer of Dreams – a review

As the V&A prepares to close its doors and the last of its visitors hold their golden tickets to catch the final dates, the Christian Dior – Design of Dreams exhibition must have been its most successful exhibition to date. Standing alongside the Alexander McQueen – Savage Beauty exhibition of 2015, it marks the public’s obsession with fashion, history, brands and the snowball effect of our must-see culture.
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New Designers 2019

What better place to seek out and support new design talent than at New Designers 2019. Milliken’s Senior Designers, Claire Kimble and Helen Lloyd spent an inspiring day perusing the work of some of the most talented graduate design students from across the country.

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Milliken Celebrates a Century of Making in the UK

Leading flooring designer and manufacturer Milliken is proud to be celebrating its 100th year of production in Britain. The company was first registered in 1920 at the Waterside Mill in Bury, Greater Manchester when it became one of the earliest textile manufacturers in the UK. It manufactured cotton shirtings and in later years industrial fabrics before switching to air bag manufacture in 2004. Following the purchase of the Beech Hill Plant in Wigan, the first Millitron® carpet tile (using Milliken’s patented digital dye technology) was printed in the UK in 1986, which makes 2021 the 35th year Milliken has made carpet tiles in the UK. The last UK site Milliken purchased was the Middleton Plant in 1997 where protective flooring and entryway products are now produced. 

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MILLIKEN & COMPANY NAMED TO 2022 WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES

 

Definitive ethics award listing marks notable recognition for diversified manufacturer Milliken & Company has been recognised by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2022 World’s Most EthicalCompanies.

With more than 60 locations and approximately 8,000 associates worldwide, the diversified global manufacturer is one of six companies to receive this prestigious ethics-based honour every year since the award’s inception.

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MILLIKEN & COMPANY IS A WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES 2024 WINNER FOR EIGHTEENTH YEAR RUNNING

MILLIKEN & COMPANY RECOGNISED AMONG THE 2024 WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES 
Diversified global manufacturer Milliken & Company is proud to be included on the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies list curated by Ethisphere, a leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. This annual recognition highlights organisations with an exemplary commitment to business integrity through robust ethics, compliance and governance programs. Milliken is one of only six honourees to make the list every year since the award was first created in 2007.

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Loughborough University and Milliken reinforce their powerful partnership

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For the second year running Milliken partnered with Loughborough University on a project to design carpet tile concepts using Milliken’s proprietary Millitron® patterning technology for theoretical commercial environments. The project, developed closely with the University, forms an important part of the students’ final degree. But in 2020 – the year of the global pandemic – the students and staff faced unique challenges.

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