Covers in Chichester will be hosting a Portsmouth FC Players Meet and Greet session at its depot on Quarry Lane on Thursday 21st February.    From 1.30pm until 3.00pm visitors to the timber and builders’ merchant will have the chance to take their photograph with first team players Matt Clarke, …

BLANCO UK has appointed John Robinson as Marketing Manager to take over the reins of the UK marketing and communications strategy. Robinson joined BLANCO from Bathstore where he headed up the Marketing and Communication team for nearly five years, before which he was agency-side working with various major brands. As …

MP for Bromsgrove and Home Secretary, Sajid Javid was a special guest at the head office of Selco Builders Warehouse during his latest rounds of constituency visits. Mr Javid paid a visit to the Wythall headquarters of one of the UK’s fastest growing builders merchants. Gavin Slark and Howard Luft …

Two members of staff at Chandlers Building Supplies have been presented with top awards plus £500 each at the builders merchant’s annual conference. The Best New Starter Award was presented to Georgia Tidey from its Thanet branch and the Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Nick Fennell, a sales team …

Joining other industry/brand leaders, Van Vault the originators of in-vehicle secure storage is putting its full weight behind an innovative campaign to tackle tool van tool theft. Based in Loughborough independent plumber Peter Booth (@PBPlumber) launched a petition last year aiming to get the issue of van theft taken more …

With the recent Budget setting out the UK’s largest ever investment in the Strategic Road Network, Lafarge Cement, part of Aggregate Industries, has stated that wider adoption of soil stabilisation could be key to making road construction much more cost-effective and sustainable. In October, the Chancellor pledged £25bn over the …

Builders merchants trade association, the Builders Merchants Federation has confirmed the final speaker line up for its Industry Forum debate at this year’s All-Industry Conference. Neil Lawrence, Chief Operating Officer of Jewson, left, and Mark Vandecruys, Chairman of Belgium-based Fedrus International, will join David Young of Bradfords Building Supplies and …

Ibstock Brick has been announced as the winner of the Energy Efficiency category at edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019. The awards, co-ordinated by leading environmental publisher edie.net and held in London on Wednesday February 6, are the UK’s largest and most prestigious sustainability awards, recognising excellence across the spectrum of …

Dulux Decorator Centre has overhauled its workwear offering with the launch of a new and improved range to give customers greater choice. The full range, available across the 204 Dulux Decorator Centres and online, has been selected to meet the requirements of professional decorators who want a one stop shop …

Lewis Aird has joined the Stelrad Brand Specialists team, responsible for the North East of England from York up to the Scottish border. A good team player, he played football for Newcastle United from the age of 9 to 19 before accepting a Soccer Scholarship to play for Northeastern University …