TV presenter and comedian Nick Hancock has been announced as guest host of THE Conference, which is taking place this year in Tenerife, 26-29 June, jointly organised by BMJ, BMF, UNIMER and NMBS.

The sale of Tarmac has been put on hold and may not now go ahead after US parent company Anglo American performed an about face earlier this week.

Mira Showers, have strengthened their entry-level electric shower offering with the introduction of Vie. The range has been introduced exclusively for the merchant/distributor channel.

The latest trading update from B&Q parent Kingfisher plc, for the fourth quarter, show a like-for-like sales decline for the multiple DIY chain despite a small rise in total sales.

Profitability is getting tougher to achieve according to the BMF's annual Merchant Industry KPI Report, which compares financial performance ration from a representative sample of merchant businesses across the country.

Wolseley's internal communications team has bagged five awards at the Communicators in Business (CiB) Regional Awards.

Heatrae Sadia's southern divisional sales manager Simon Russell is running the London Marathon on April 13 to raise money for leukaemia charity the Anthony Nolan Trust.

As the price of metal continues to increase local authorities are seeing more manhole cover being stolen, which are then sold for scrap.

Timber and panel products distributor James Latham are to establish their first Scottish site at the Eurocentral business park in Lanarkshire, bringing their total number of sites to 10.

Hafele have launched a new sliding compound mitre saw from Festool a first for the hand tool manufacturer.