Timber panel manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY is taking its products on a road trip around the UK and Ireland and visited two Parker Building Supplies branches in Tonbridge and Maidstone on Friday.   The tour gives merchants and their customers the chance to meet with product experts and see the products …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched a second Regional Centre of Excellence at Page Group, this time in Birmingham. The network of BMF Regional Centres of Excellence is making training courses and regional meetings more accessible to BMF members around the UK and Ireland. The latest centre, based in …

Independent heating and plumbing  merchants buying group PHG presented its annual supplier awards at a celebration dinner in Cheshire last month. Held at the Carden Park Hotel near Chester, the awards were presented by PHG chairman David Pochin. Nominees for the Bathroom Award were: JJO, Ideal Standard, Vado and Pura. …

Marsh Industries’s new acoustic vibration reduction unit significantly reduces noise and vibration caused by diaphragm compressors. Called the ‘Whisspurr, the unit aims to solve the worldwide problem in the water and wastewater treatment sectors,  , of excess noise. Designed to fit inline between the compressor and air diffuser, the Whisspurr …

The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley Two years ago, if you’d said anything about the UK’s possible performance in the 2019 European Elections, many people would have scoffed at you. The Government had triggered Article 50 and kick-started the process of the UK divorcing from the EU. The deadline had …

Midlands insulation manufacturer, SuperFOIL Insulation has appointed two new business development managers and completed the relocation of the business from North Nottinghamshire to a five acre site on Pioneer Way in Lincoln. New business development manager, Rob Quinton joins the company after 16 years at  YBS Insulation where he was commercial …

It’s OK to not be OK   Illness: serious, life-threatening, life-changing, life-taking illness affects us all at some point or another. Whether it afflicts us in person or our friends, loved ones, colleagues or neighbours, at some point we will all know several people who have had or who have …

The best merchants and brands in the industry were celebrated at a glittering event in London on Friday May 17th. The event was hosted by television news presenter Natasha Kaplinsky, whose co-announcer was Alan Dedicote, known for his voice-over duties on TV’s National Lottery and Strictly Come Dancing programmes. Sponsored …

Keyline, the Civils specialists, has ramped up its campaign to generate awareness of prostate cancer with its the form of newly-branded truck in attention-grabbing livery. 2019 marks Keyline’s 10th year partnering with leading men’s health charity Prostate Cancer UK in order to raise money and vital awareness of the disease. …

Graham Plumbers’ Merchant has announced the appointment of David Kilby as its new managing director. Kilby, who has more than 25 years’ experience in leadership roles within multinational groups, has most recently been regional managing director for Saint-Gobain Building Glass for the UK and Nordic Countries. Prior to that he was …