Stirling-based family paint merchant, The Paint Shed has received investment of £2.7 million from investment firm BGF to expand its online presence and accelerate the roll out of additional stores. The funding will support the roll out of five new stores, with sites planned in both Scotland and England.  Meanwhile, the …

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. “Eat out to help out”. It’s pretty catchy isn’t it? You’d like to think it was a lightbulb moment, rather than the result of a focus group or …

The Independent Builders Merchant Group is taking its Parkers, Chandlers, Fairalls and Stamco brands on the road to let customers know about the extended family of branches and services. The two display vans are running across the South Coast area from Angmering right across to Eastbourne for the next three …

Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse will open its 69th branch in the UK in Salford in October. The new branch will be the merchant’s second in 2020 following from Orpington at the start of the year, and will create 50 jobs in the local area. Chief executive of Selco Builders …

Independent Builders Merchant Group has appointed Allun Pittingale, to the newly created role of managing director of the Builders Merchants Division. Pittingale started his career at the independent Western Builders Merchants in South London and has held several branch manager positions for Erith Building Supplies, Hall & Co and Builder …

Two young boys from Haywards Heath have become construction wizards over the lockdown period. Daniel and Matthew Silk, aged 10 and 7,  respectively, built a crane in their back garden and decided to dedicate it to their local builders merchant, Parker Building Supplies. The boys filming their completed project, and …

Hanson has launched a new Collect & Go service for asphalt customers at eight of its sites across the UK. First trialled at the Leeds plant in West Yorkshire, the Collect & Go service is now being rolled out to seven further sites – Bradford, Criggion (mid-Wales), Dagenham, Bulls Lodge …

Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, cement company CEMEX has today confirmed its proposal that it will mothball its South Ferriby Cement Plant in North Lincolnshire. Approximately 110 employees who are currently based at the plant will be affected, with the majority of redundancies taking …

Insulation and interior building products distributor CCF has announced the appointment of Jolyon Berg as head of technical. Berg will be responsible for the development of the company’s technical function – advancing its current capabilities in areas such as insulation, as well as supporting the business’s continued growth. He joins …

Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation has appointed Clark McAllister as its new sales director. McAllister, who has been with Polypipe for 27 years, joins from sister company, Polypipe Building Products, where he was divisional sales director. “This is a tremendously exciting time to be part of Civils and Green Urbanisation …