Improvements in or relating to organic material

An embossed synthetic slip-resistant floor covering comprising a decorative layer, a substantially transparent wear coat which comprises to or more wear layers of transparent synthetic material, at least one upper wear layer comprising one or more embedded non-slip particles and at least one lower wear layer containing part of one or more of the embedded particles. There may be an optional protective layer atop the wear layers which comprise exposed non-slip particles. The floor covering may also have a fabric layer forming a lower surface of the covering material. A lower foam layer may also bee included. The decorative layer may comprise a printing layer and a printed design layer. The printing layer being suitable for receiving a printed design or having such a design applied by digital or gravure printing. The embossing may be done chemically. Also included is a claim to a method of forming such a flooring material by providing the particles only in the upper transparent layer such that embossing pushes them in to the lower transparent layer but not to the design layer below.