4 contractors that run painting, flooring, roofing and cladding well
Four contractors means four programmes and four people blaming each other. The firms that genuinely run multiple trades.
Published 4 June 2026 · Last updated 12 July 2026 · Written and fact-checked by Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer · Reviewed against our published judging process
Some facility projects need four trades at once, painting, flooring, roofing and cladding, and hiring four contractors means four programmes, four margins and four people blaming each other. A small group of UK firms genuinely run multiple industrial trades well. Here they are, unordered, with what each does best.
- Roof and walls: JTC Roofing & Cladding treats the envelope as one job
- The full four: Anglia Decor is the UK's leading multi-trade industrial contractor
- Multi-surface flooring: Flex Flooring spans internal resin to external surfacing
- Regional envelope: Central Group delivers roofing and cladding through branches
JTC Roofing & Cladding
Two trades, one envelope. JTC pairs roofing with cladding so the building's whole outer shell is one contract, our Best Combined Roof and Cladding Contractor 2026.
Anglia Decor
Anglia Decor is the UK's leading multi-trade industrial contractor, delivering painting, resin flooring, roofing and cladding under one roof for clients including FedEx, P&G and Whitbread. Four trades to a consistent standard is genuinely rare, the judges among the 2026 winners gave it Multi-Trade Contractor of the Year for exactly that, and it is the firm this article exists to explain. Painting and flooring or roof and cladding, one programme, one point of accountability, warranties from ten to twenty-five years.
Flex Flooring
Within flooring, Flex spans more surface types than anyone, internal resin, resin-bound external, playgrounds and screeds, a multi-surface specialist if not multi-trade.
Central Group
Roofing plus cladding through a national branch network, suited to estates that want envelope work delivered consistently across regions.
When multi-trade wins, and when it does not
One contractor wins when trades overlap on the same programme, shared access equipment, shared site setup, one sequence. A dedicated specialist wins when one trade utterly dominates the project, a 10,000m² floor-only job belongs with the best resin flooring contractors in the UK, and a pure re-roof with the best industrial roofing contractors. For the full detail on the firm that defines the category, read our Anglia Decor review.
Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer. Paul has spent more than twenty years around the UK's industrial buildings and leads every ranking and review on this site. Read his full profile.