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Plumbing brand Hep2O launched its Gear Up 3 national promotion this week, which offers merchants and their customers the chance to win prizes. Building on the back of previous years’ success, Gear Up 3 will run for eight weeks. Each week, the branch which supplies the winning installer ticket will …
Read More »BMJ Industry Awards NOMINATE NOW!!
Nominations are open for the BMJ Industry Awards 2019 . Click HERE to nominate your favourite merchants, supplier brands, trainees, showrooms and industry people. The awards celebrate the very best brands, merchants and people at the heart of the builders’ merchants sector. This year the Showroom category has been split …
Read More »If we build it, will they come?
Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. It’s Party Conference season again, so the papers and the Twitter timelines are full of keynote speeches and new policies that may or not be implemented, depending on whether they are announced by the incumbents or the wannabes. Plus, …
Read More »JTD gets Filpastic helping hand
Racking specialist Filplastic helped growing West Yorkshire merchant JTD Building Supplies to set up its new, bespoke base. JTD moved from Meltham near Huddersfield to Brockholes near Homfirth in July this year, after extensive design and fit out work carried out by Filplastic. Filplastic designed and fitted out the trade …
Read More »Södra increases production at the Mönsterås sawmill
Timber producer Södra is increasing the annual production volume of sawn timber at the Mönsterås sawmill by 100,000 sq m from March 1 2019. The investment will see the sawmill implementing a third shift and taking on 30 new employees. This will require a third shift and approximately 30 new …
Read More »Dakea drives into UK Construction Week
Roof window manufacturer, Dakea will be taking its Ultima, Dakea’s premium roof window to this year’s UK Construction Week at NEC Birmingham from October 9 to 11. The company’s stand will also feature the Dakea truck, an interactive showroom where visitors can view short presentations on the best of Dakea’s …
Read More »Selco moves Chelsea garden
A special garden which wowed crowds at the Chelsea Flower Show is being relocated to Cricklewood – with a helping hand from builders merchant Selco, part of the Grafton Group. The ‘Life Without Walls’ garden was initially on display at the Chelsea Flower Show in May and was aimed at …
Read More »Elliotts team heads off to France for charity
A team of employees from Elliotts Builders Merchants, is to ride 510 miles through the French hills in October to raise money for Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity. Starting on 4th October, the team will cycle the route from Rouen to Annecy over three days to raise £10,000 for the charity. …
Read More »H+H opens Borough Green upgrade
Aircrete manufacturer H+H has officially opened its newly refurbished Borough Green factory. Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling, performed the opening itself on 14 September, with the Secretary of State for Housing, Local Government and Communities James Brokenshire also visiting the plant during the day to see the new …
Read More »Huws Gray buys in Southport and Birmingham
Fast-growing builders’ merchants, Huws Gray has announced further additions to its branch network. In separate transactions, Huws Gray acquired North West based Southport Timber as well as Wheelers Timber and Builders Merchants based in Erdington, north Birmingham. Managing director Terry Owen said: “These latest acquisitions of well-known and respected companies …
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