Setcrete,  manufacturer of high-performance flooring products , has appointed Peter Wilson as the brand’s Business Development Manager. He will be responsible for developing the Setcrete brand through the builders’ merchants channel and associated markets. Wilson brings with him many year’s experience in account management, having worked for a number of high profile …

 Andrew Harrison and David Kilburn, two of the most influential leaders in the builders’ merchant industry, are to speak at the BMF Young Merchants Conference at the NEC, Birmingham in October. Harrison, Deputy CEO – Plumbing and Heating at Travis Perkins and Kilburn Executive Chairman of MKM Building Supplies will …

  ACO Building + Landscape has launched a new visualiser tool, to help domestic contractors and homeowners select the best product to complement their patio, driveway or building threshold. The tool will help merchants to up-sell drainage solutions a it gives customers the opportunity to envisage the impact a grating …

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May How is it possible that we are in the middle of May? I vaguely remember the Easter weekend – something about a lot of chocolate – but otherwise I’m really not sure what happened to much of March and April. What …

RGB Building Supplies is supporting Children’s Hospice South West’s charity Rainbow Run by sponsoring its blue paint station. Taking place on Saturday 9th June at Exeter’s Westpoint, 2,000 runners are expected to take part in the fundraising event and run, walk or jog their way around the 5k course, meeting …

Irish merchanting group Grafton showed a positive start to the year in January and February followed by a difficult March and start to April. Unseasonably bad weather and freezing temperatures significantly affected the Group’s markets and reduced the rate of growth in average daily like-for-like revenue to 1.3% for the …

The UK construction industry reported a mixed performance in the first quarter of 2018 according to the Construction Products Association’s Construction Trade Survey. The slide in output was partly due to the bad weather in February and march and partly due to the demise of construction giant Carillion. The latest research …

Construction activity in April rose at its fastest pace for five months, underpinned by the housebuilding sector’s recovery from the weather disruption of March. That’s according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI, which found a moderate recovery in construction output with house building being the main category of …

Small and medium-sized building firms got slightly busier in the first three months of this year rising material prices, according to the Federation of Master Builders.   Ninety percent of builders reported increasing material prices in Q1 2018 – the highest reading on record. Other key findings of the report …

The inaugral BMJ Industry Awards lunch takes place at the Brewery in Chiswell Street on Friday May 18th. The final shortlist has been voted for and the winning entries will be announced at the celebration lunch, hosted by TV favourite Claudia Winkleman.   “Having a presenter of this calibre really …