Newards Ltd

Newards is a family business that has been trading since 1945. We pride ourselves on exceeding our clients' expectations by providing a complete range of decorative floor finishes including carpet, vinyl, rubber, safety floors, and timber. Our experienced and passionate management team oversees a competent, qualified, and committed workforce who aim to achieve the highest level of quality and ensure complete satisfaction. We believe that the size and balance of the company is just right, enabling us to offer an individual service tailored to our clients' needs, but having the scale and depth to have successfully completed many large-scale projects.

History

The Newards story starts in 1922 when Bob Ward started as an apprentice carpet fitter for Kendal Milne & Co on Deansgate in Manchester. At that time, a whole floor of what is now prime retail space was given over to carpet planning and seeming. By the start of the 2nd World War in 1939, Bob Ward had worked his way to the head of the carpet department and was running both sales and fitting. After the war, in 1945, Kendals, Waring & Gillows, and another furniture store all decided to reduce the size of their carpet departments by just doing sales and outsourcing most of the planning and fitting. Bob Ward seized the opportunity and went into business with Harry Newlove, the carpet sales manager from Waring & Gillows. They combined their surnames to create the name Newards. Newards Limited was incorporated in December 1945, and they rented the top floor of a mill on Chorlton Street in Manchester.

Motorsport

Newards has a long association with motor racing. Max Ward raced from the 1950s until the 1980s and enjoyed huge success in the WRA (Ward Racing Automobile) that he designed and built with which he won many races, championships, and set lap records.

Leisure

Newards has unrivalled experience in the leisure industry, our biggest clients for more than 65 years have been breweries and hotel chains. We have fitted carpets and flooring in thousands of licensed premises.