Paul Stuart, IFCMN project founder and chief editor
International Floor Covering Media News

Paul Stuart is a senior partner and editor of Contract Flooring Magazine and, more recently, the founder of the flooring industry's free and open publishing project International Floor Covering Media News 'IFCMN'.

Since entering the flooring industry many years ago, 1976 to be exact, Paul worked his way up through the usual departments from sales, to quantity surveying, planning, carpet design, project management and so on, and has also carried out floor damage inspections on behalf of the insurance industry for the purpose of loss adjusting. Paul has been commissioned on many occasions by some of London's top restaurants to design bespoke woven carpet and to oversee prestigious installation projects.

Paul's background stems from that of engineering. He trained with and worked his way through five year indentured apprenticeship for the Marconi Company in the UK and, on completing this went into R&D.