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    Stelrad posts Interim results

    Stelrad posts Interim results

    7th August 2026
    • Frontline Bathrooms removes plastic from Aqua glass packaging

      Frontline Bathrooms removes plastic from Aqua glass packaging

      6th August 2026
    • Senedd praises Premier Forest Products Corporate Parenting Programme

      Senedd praises Premier Forest Products Corporate Parenting Programme

      5th August 2026
    • Cemex UK announces opening of new Swindon Plant

      Cemex UK announces opening of new Swindon Plant

      5th August 2026
    • Travis Perkins publishes half year results

      Travis Perkins publishes half year results

      5th August 2026
    • BMI announces Apprentice of the Year 2026 winners

      BMI announces Apprentice of the Year 2026 winners

      4th August 2026
    • SIG improves profit performance amid weaker first-half trading

      SIG improves profit performance amid weaker first-half trading

      4th August 2026
  • Product News
    Arctic Hayes launches Pipe Freeze Smart Clamp

    Arctic Hayes launches Pipe Freeze Smart Clamp

    5th August 2026
    • Geocel powers up its packaging

      Geocel powers up its packaging

      1st August 2026
    • Geberit expands TurboFlush to “all price points”

      Geberit expands TurboFlush to “all price points”

      1st August 2026
    • Makita releases new Steel Rebar Cutter

      Makita releases new Steel Rebar Cutter

      1st August 2026
    • Thompson’s revamps product packaging

      Thompson’s revamps product packaging

      29th July 2026
    • Freefoam & LBS grow sales together

      Freefoam & LBS grow sales together

      29th July 2026
    • Airflow and Ideal Bathrooms announce distribution partnership

      Airflow and Ideal Bathrooms announce distribution partnership

      23rd July 2026
  • People News
    SONAS Bathrooms grows UK sales team

    SONAS Bathrooms grows UK sales team

    6th August 2026
    • NFRC RSG Committee elects chair

      NFRC RSG Committee elects chair

      4th August 2026
    • Obituary: Peter Latham OBE

      Obituary: Peter Latham OBE

      4th August 2026
    • Lawsons strengthens leadership team

      Lawsons strengthens leadership team

      3rd August 2026
    • Grant Westfield announces sales team changes

      Grant Westfield announces sales team changes

      31st July 2026
    • Griffiths becomes Showerwall commercial director

      Griffiths becomes Showerwall commercial director

      29th July 2026
    • STARK secures chief commercial officer

      STARK secures chief commercial officer

      27th July 2026
  • Blogs
    Burnham’s new broom

    Burnham’s new broom

    4th August 2026
    Building connections: building careers: building futures

    Building connections: building careers: building futures

    23rd July 2026
    Sport and politics, what else is there?

    Sport and politics, what else is there?

    20th July 2026
    World’s in a mess, let’s find some joy

    World’s in a mess, let’s find some joy

    14th July 2026
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  • Stelrad posts Interim results
  • SONAS Bathrooms grows UK sales team
  • Frontline Bathrooms removes plastic from Aqua glass packaging
  • Senedd praises Premier Forest Products Corporate Parenting Programme
  • Cemex UK announces opening of new Swindon Plant
  • Arctic Hayes launches Pipe Freeze Smart Clamp
  • Travis Perkins publishes half year results
  • Burnham’s new broom
  • NFRC RSG Committee elects chair
  • BMI announces Apprentice of the Year 2026 winners

News

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    Stelrad posts Interim results

    Specialist radiator manufacturer Stelrad Group, has announced its unaudited interim results for the six months …

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  • Frontline Bathrooms removes plastic from Aqua glass packaging

    Frontline Bathrooms removes plastic from Aqua glass packaging

  • Premier Forest Products praised at the Senedd

    Senedd praises Premier Forest Products Corporate Parenting Programme

  • Global building materials solutions supplier Cemex announces the opening of a new facility in Swindon

    Cemex UK announces opening of new Swindon Plant

  • Travis Perkins revamps Maldon branch

    Travis Perkins publishes half year results

Product News

  • Arctic Hayes

    Arctic Hayes launches Pipe Freeze Smart Clamp

    Arctic Hayes by DiversiTech UK has unveiled the Pipe Freeze Smart Clamp, designed to isolate …

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  • Geocel powers up its packaging

    Geocel powers up its packaging

  • Geberit expands TurboFlush to every price point

    Geberit expands TurboFlush to “all price points”

  • Makita releases new Steel Rebar Cutter

    Makita releases new Steel Rebar Cutter

  • Thompsons Patio and Block Paving Cleaner Seal

    Thompson’s revamps product packaging

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    Freefoam & LBS grow sales together

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    Airflow and Ideal Bathrooms announce distribution partnership

Featured

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    Water efficiency labelling alone won’t deliver Britain’s water-saving ambitions

     Suzannah Adey, External Affairs and ESG Lead at Mira Showers  We are in the midst …

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    Why we should rethink the Apprenticeship Levy

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    Why suppliers should invest in marketing during downturns

  • Combilift continues operating for 28 Years

    The Right Tool for the Job: How one Combilift has operated for 28 years

  • Al Ward, VP of commerce at Brave Bison, explains why digital change should strengthen merchant operations, not sideline them.

    Why digital change should strengthen merchant operations

People News In Picture

  • SONAS Bathrooms grows UK sales team
  • NFRC Roofing Suppliers Group Committee elects Duncan Winter as Chair
  • Peter Latham OBE
  • Builders' merchant Lawsons Group  has announced two additions to its leadership team. Ciaran Morton has been promoted to group commercial director, and will lead the Group's Category, Marketing and Ecommerce team. Steve Wakeman joins Lawsons as group operations & logistics director, a newly created role overseeing group Operations, Logistics, Safety and Transport functions, embedding best practice across the branch network, continuing to work alongside the specialist leadership of Dan Hearne and Joe Gillespie.
  • Michelle McNairn David McKenzie
  • Showerwall has appointed Gareth Griffiths as commercial director.
  • STARK Building Materials UK has been bolstered thanks to the appointment of Jan Green as Chief Commercial Officer
  • Kudos Showers recruits regional sales manager
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James Jones highlights role of women in timber

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Blogs

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    Burnham’s new broom

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    Building connections: building careers: building futures

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  • World’s in a mess, let’s find some joy

    Fiona Russell-Horne
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