Two Russell Roof Tiles employees raised £1,300 raised for charity at a special Master Chef-style event   The Soup-a-Stars fundraising event, named, saw six couples from Russell Roof Tiles battle it out in front of friends, colleagues and food lovers, in a bid to be crowned cooking champion and raise …

A branch manager at East Anglian merchant Kent Blaxill is running 180k to celebrate the company’s 180th anniversary. Paul Jones, manager of the Melton branch is running the marathon task in aid of armed forces charity Help for Heroes. New not only to marathons but also to running itself, Jones …

SIG Roofing has refurbished its branch in Bishops Waltham and hosted a grand opening event in celebration of the improvements.   The branch, on Claylands Road, invited roofing contractors to enjoy a host of ‘one-off’ special offers including SIG Roofing’s flat and pitched roofing products, offering customers with the opportunity …

Civils & drainage merchant Keyline, is extending its existing corporate partnership with Prostate Cancer UK by five years. Keyline has been working in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK since 2009 and hosts a number of regional and national fundraisers every year to raise awareness and funds for the cause. Keyline’s Annual Rally is the …

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it. The irony of all this sultry hot weather the UK is experiencing currently is that …

The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Defence and MP for South Staffordshire, visited home security experts, ERA, at the company’s new premises at the i54 business park outside Wolverhampton. Following a  tour or the purpose-built offices, manufacturing and warehouse facility, Williamson saw ERA’s complete range of high quality …

The annual Keyline Rally in aid of Prostate Cancer UK is in its 9th year and this year’s ‘Millionaires Rally’,  finished up in the original rally location, Monaco. The Rally has raised over £1m for the charity, thanks to the supporters of the 30 cars and 70 drivers who left …

Timber merchant Rembrand has merged with Thornbridge Sawmills to create the leading independent timber distribution company in Scotland and the North of England. The move follows the retirement of George Low, Rembrand Timber’s founder and managing director and is supported by further investment from Cairgorm Capital Partners, a specialist private …

At twelve noon the natives swoon and no further work is done But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun We’ve had the Solstice celebrations down at Stonehenge, the annual merchant industry conference, and the first of the book-your-Christmas-party-with-us emails so it means that Summer has well …

Total sales through general builders’ merchants rose by 8.8% in April compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Builders Merchant Building Index.  last year. The month was helped by two extra trading days and an earlier Easter. Overall, six categories did better than the previous year, …