Lakes, the leading manufacturer of innovative showering spaces, appoints Area Sales Manager Steve Spencer to join its external sales team, covering the South East. His long-standing experience in the bathroom and shower industry will greatly support Lakes’ new direction and focus. Spencer has worked with leading industry brands for nearly 40 …

Mates in Mind believes business leaders are in a good position to address mental health in the workplace, but encourages them to consider that delivering meaningful change to their workforces should be effectively aligned to their business priorities. Mates in Mind were encouraged by the level of engagement driven by …

Bringing colour, pattern and a funky new look to kitchen walls recently launched Vista splashbacks have been an outstanding success for Bushboard.  Hundreds of kitchen specialists have listed the new range that includes a compelling showroom lure like Summer Palms (below) along with Moorish patterns, geometrics, weathered London brick, metro …

Just a reminder to any of the Top 50 merchants who haven’t got around to filling out our new Trailblazers online form yet. BMJ Trailblazers is the annual tracker of the top merchants latest statistics and information, the hymn sheet for the industry in terms of who’s who and how …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched Building Blocks, a new online training programme designed to introduce apprentices and other new starters to the intricacies of life in a builders’ merchant. The first two Building Blocks in the series – Timber as a Building Material and Heating and Hot Water …

     Safe, robust and theft-proof, Romilly Primary School is now set for many maintenance-free years thanks to the work and market-leading guarantee from BMI UK & Ireland and its BMI Redland and BMI Icopal products. The school roof posed a tough challenge to Vale of Glamorgan Council as it …

National Buying Group (NBG) has announced an impressive eight new suppliers for 2019, strengthening its offering in the plumbing, insulation, branded ironmongery and security, civils and tools and workwear sectors. The new suppliers – Talon Manufacturing, Don & Low Textiles, CCF, Etex UK, Jablite, ROCKWOOL Limited, Cascade Lighting and Aldridge …

The Everflex range of Professional Sealants has had a make-over, incorporating the same great performance your customers expect from Sika Everbuild with a fresh new design that looks great on the shelf. With professional trade quality products to suit almost any application including sanitary, glazing, roofline and interior finishing, the …

Sika® FastFix All Weather is a new self-setting paving jointing compound from Sika Everbuild, providing the ideal solution to perfect pointing on paving, paths and patios. With a unique formula containing Active Resin Technology for advanced durability, Sika FastFix is supplied ready to use with no mixing required, is easy …

A new action-focused structure and new Timber Trade Federation members mark the start of a significant year for the UK’s timber trading sector with Brexit just two months away. Two new Federations – the American Hardwood Export Council and the Institute of Carpenters – have joined the Timber Trade Federation, alongside …