Andrew Griffith MP, the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion, has been confirmed as a headline speaker at the BMF Members’ Day Conference on 23 September 2021, which takes the theme “Reshape, Renew, Rebuild.”  He will be the main speaker within a segment of the Conference dedicated to sustainable construction and …

Interior building products distributor CCF, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has worked in collaboration with Electra, to launch the UK’s first 27 tonne curtainside Battery Electric Vehicle, with 287kwh traction batteries. It is launched today (April 19). The product of three years of development driven forward by CCF, the …

Triton Showers has raised money for its charity partner Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice, via an Easter raffle organised by staff, the proceeds of which were matched by Triton who rounded the total up to £2,000. Based in Exhall, Zoë’s Place offers respite to families with babies and infants suffering from life-limiting …

Grafton, the Irish builders merchanting group is reviewing its mainland UK merchanting interests in a process that it says “may or may not result in the sale of some or all of these businesses.” The group has brought in the merchant bank Rothschild to conduct a review of its  merchant …

Bradfords Building Supplies has announced a new one-year agreement with Somerset County Cricket Club to become the club’s Official Pathway Partner. The Somerset County Cricket Club Pathway gives talented young cricketers from across the region the opportunity to further develop their potential within an elite environment and aids their development …

Derbyshire-based insulation manufacturer, YBS Insulation has received a £250,000 loan to progress its growth plans. YBS will use the funding, from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund East & South East Midlands Debt Finance Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, to invest in new production machinery to increase its output capacity, …

Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins saw sales improving throughout January and February 2021, with a marked uplift in March, a report on the first quarter’s trading for 2021 has shown. Thanks to pent-up demand and continued high levels of housing transactions fuelling higher RMI spend,  like-for-like sales in …

That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. History was made on Saturday afternoon, in a Liverpool suburb. Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ‘behind-closed-doors’ nature of this year’s Grand National horserace meant the cheers and tears …

Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins has cut its its mean gender pay gap in half for 2020. The group’s mean wage difference was 4.8% in 2020, compared to 10% in 2019. Particular progress was made in the Toolstation business,  the group’s latest gender gap pay report revealed, with …

Heavyside building materials supplier Mannok has posted 2020 final results that show sales holding steady despite the twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit. The company posted an increase in earnings EBITDA of 17% to €31.1m for the 12 months ending 31 December 2020. Revenue remained materially consistent at €233m, demonstrating …