Waterline, the kitchen furniture, appliance, sinks, taps and ancillary kitchen products supplier has ceased trading. Alex Cadwallader and Dane O’Hara from Leonard Curtis were appointed as Joint Administrators of Waterline Limited on 9th October 2025. The Waterline board of directors had decided to market and sell the business, however the …

What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows. This is an industry that prides itself on the strength of its relationships. On the close working relationships between merchants and other merchants, between suppliers and other suppliers – …

Marsh Industries has announced that Julie Langford, formerly financial and operations director at NMBS, is taking on the role of financial & management advisor to Marsh. Langford brings with her a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience at senior board level, having played a pivotal role in guiding financial strategy, …

I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person. Two years ago, the world looked on in horror as the news from the Middle East unfolded. The wait that my friend endured to find out if her Israeli soldier nephew, who just wanted …

Northern Irish builders merchant Murdock Builders Merchants has opened its first Murdock Home Centre at The Junction, Antrim. The Home Centre combines a full-service builders merchants branch with a retail-focused space for DIY enthusiasts and homeowners. The project has created 22 new jobs in the local area, and brings an …

Against a challenging backdrop, sales at Welsh independent builders and plumbers merchant group LBS increased to £89m for the year to December 31 2024. However, despite improving its sales performance, pressure on margins continued, although net assets increased to £37.6m, thanks to a focus on long-term growth, increasing market share …

I have been here before, But when, or how, I cannot tell Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. What has an average lifespan of eight months, nine months, or 10 months, depending on whether you are looking back, respectively, over last past five years, 10 years or 20 …

Who seeks, and will not take, when once ’tis offer’d, Shall never find it more I bought a new kettle and toaster the other day. Bear with me, gentle readers, for this will, I promise become relevant. When the existing one decided to die after three years – falling, of …

Louise Parkes from Collier & Catchpole, Declan Taylor from Fernco, Jamie Pierce of Agency 53, and Chris Hayward, NMBS were the big winners at the Builders Merchants Federation Annual Awards, held on Thursday September 19th at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. Parkes was crowned BMF Young Merchant Achiever, Runner-Up was …

Plasterboard manufacturer Siniat has launched a new in-store promotion, giving merchants and their customers a chance of prizes.  The promotion, which is open to builders’ merchants across the UK, challenges each participating branch to create the most impressive in-store point of sale display using a choice of Purple Reign branded merchandise, …