I have been here before. But how or when, I cannot tell. What have the following got in common with each other? Alok Sharma, Dominic Raab, Esther McVey, Kris Hopkins, Margaret Beckett, Gavin Barwell, Mark Prisk, Caroline Flint, John Healey and Charles Falconer? All of them have, at some point …

The nominations have been submitted for the 2020 BMJ Industry Awards, the only merchant industry awards programme that is voted for by the industry itself. There is just a few weeks left to cast your votes across the categories to find out who will be walking away triumphantly from the …

British showering manufacturer, Kudos, has incorporated their five coloured profile finishes, across its broad range of Ultimate shower panels, into their new priced brochure. The colours, which are designed to co-ordinate with the most popular shower controls and brassware finishes, include Matt Black, Polished Gold, Brushed Gold, Bright Nickel and …

The greatest of all sins is stupidity Is it the fascination with the forces of nature? Or the feeling that one needs to beat those forces. Or a sense that ‘it’s just a bit of wind/rain/water’? Or the general question: what’s the worst that can happen? Whatever the reason, this …

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly past. After all the hoo-ha over whether we should pay half-a-million quid to have Big Ben chime the moment of the UK’s departure from the EU, after all the celebration parties and the candlelit vigils, I’m surprised  …

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. April may be the cruellest month but January is definitely the longest. So it’s fitting then, that the ending of the longest, most drawn out political process …

Family run North London-based building and plumbing merchants, MP Moran and Sons Ltd, is implementing a number of new sustainability initiatives. Focusing on the impact of vehicle journeys and the casual effect this has on the environment, the company is diversifying its fleet to include smaller commercial vehicles, hybrid vehicles …

I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day. What takes hardly any time at all, leaves you with a feeling of quiet satisfaction and could make either you or someone else very happy indeed? Of …

Three new businesses have joined independent  merchant buying group the National Buying Group this month, bringing significant growth to the NBG portfolio. Specialist timber merchant Arnold Laver is part of the National Timber Group, the largest independent timber distribution business in the UK and brings its fellow brands, North Yorkshire …

Specialist merchant Wolseley is enabling all registered Gas Safe engineers to use Gas App free of charge instead of paying the £25 subscription charge, as part of a new sponsorship package. Available on the App Store and Play Store, Gas App UK currently has over 40,000 members and contains a …