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Kitchen component manufacturer BA Components has announced the death of sales and marketing director, David Caulfield after a short illness. Caulfield had been diagnosed with a brain tumour just over three months ago. He had spent more than 12 years at the company. Brian and Kieran McCracken, BA’s founders, said: …
Read More »Ironmongery Direct expands distribution
Online and catalogue ironomongery merchant IronmongeryDirect, and sister company ElectricalDirect have completed a new 100,000 sq ft warehouse, which is the equivalent of two football pitches, to house over 30,000 products for both brands all available for next day delivery. The new facilities will also have 2,000 pallet storage locations. Managing Director …
Read More »Same old same old
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. So, as of yesterday’s announcement, we won’t, in all probability, be seeing lettuces piled up at the Port of Dover because they don’t have the correct post-Brexit paperwork. Instead, we are told that – in the increasingly likely event of a …
Read More »BMCo set sights on Goole
Independent builders merchant Builders’ Merchant Company Ltd is opening a new Branch in Goole . Set to be completed in May, the development will be BMCo’s fourth branch. The new Goole branch follows on from the successful opening of the Hull and Rotherham branches, and will be the fourth of …
Read More »UK construction loses momentum
Growth in construction work in January eased to its weakest for ten months, according to the IHS Markit / CIPS UK Construction PMI®. New orders increased only marginally at the start of 2019, which contributed to the slowest expansion of employment numbers for two-and-a-half years. Uncertainty over what will happen …
Read More »RDT steps in with cold weather payments
With the winter weather setting in, industry charity The Rainy Day Trust has launched its 2019 Emergency Winter Fuel Campaign. The government runs a cold weather payment scheme that pays £25 to those on means-tested welfare benefits when the average temperature is below zero for 7 consecutive days. However, RDT …
Read More »NBG adds new member
Independent merchant buying group has announced that Alloway Timber & Putney Builders Merchants (PBM) has joined as a new partner. Founded in 1971, Alloway Timber supplies traders in London and Surrey from its locations in Putney, Fulham, Kingston, Cheam, Mitcham and Byfleet with premium timber products. In 2003, PBM Builders …
Read More »Two steps forward (one step back?)
I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member Well. It’s something I suppose. Teresa May appears to have moved us a step closer to getting a deal on Thatwhichmustnotbenamed (cf: last week’s blog). By now I’m a bit confused about all the various amendments and …
Read More »BMF Members call for Brexit renegotiation
Members of the Builders Merchants Federation want to see Prime Minister Teresa May renegotiate the deal for the UK leaving the European Union. Over 80 delegates from merchant and supplier companies attended the BMF Brexit Forum on 23 January and they had a clear message for Mrs May – go …
Read More »Lord Mayor of Leeds steels up at Pland
Sink manufacturer Pland Stainless welcomed The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Graham Latty, to its Leeds today (January 24) to mark the start of the company’s centenary celebrations. The Lord Mayor toured the factory watching each process of a Stainless Steel kitchen sink being made, a volume …
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