Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand Rather like giving the house a mega-tidy and clearing out all your rubbish from the attic before getting the estate agent round, Travis Perkins has spent the last couple of years streamlining and sprucing up its plumbing and heating division, finally …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw its 2018 sales rise to £6,741m, an increase of 4.8% against a market backdrop of considerable uncertainty. Sales and operating profit improved in the General Merchanting division in H2, and whilst the UK DIY market was particularly challenging due to both macro and competitive …

Paving manufacture, Bradstone, has opened the doors to its 2019 Bradstone Training Academy . Now in its fifth year, the Bradstone Training Academy, running from 25th February to 13th March 2019, is open to all merchants looking to expand and improve their knowledge within the ever-evolving hard landscaping industry. The …

IDS has invested £350,000 in a state-of-the-art Hubtex EZK20 worktop picking platform for its warehouse in Newcastle-under-Lyme to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption. The multi-directional picker allows operators to pick from both sides of the warehouse’s cantilever racking, with the capacity for up to 450 worktops per day. Capable …

Nobody heard him, the dead man But still he lay moaning; I was  much further out than I thought And not waving but drowning Bye-bye Honda. So long Nissan. Off you pop Dyson. See y’ later Sony, Farewell…oh you get the picture. The surprise announcement yesterday that Honda would be …

Independent builders merchant group Myers group is celebrating its 90th year in business. It was set up by Hervey Myers as a housebuilding business in 1929 ; today it turns over more than £50m and employs more than 350 people from across the region. The group now comprises subsidiaries Myers …

Pallett supplier Goplasticpallets.com has pledged to recycle every plastic pallet and plastic box it supplies to customers. Currently 96% of the plastic pallets Goplasticpallets.com supplies are made from recycled materials. Just 4% are produced from virgin material which is recommended for ultra-hygienic environments, for instance some food and pharmaceutical products. …

The Conexis® L1 from security specialist Yale is the smart lock to adhere to the new TS621:2018 standard, created by the Door and Hardware Federation. The standard has now been adopted as the recognised standard for smart locks by the British Standard Institute (BSI), and has received Kitemark status, following …

Richard Hill of ACO Technologies plc has been appointed BPF Pipes Group President, taking over from retiring President Derek Muckle of Radius Systems. The appointment has a two-year tenure, and began from January 2019. Hill has been in the industry for around 30 years, the last 24 of them as …