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The window to vote for your favourite merchant, supplier or industry personality in the BMJ Industry Awards closes this Friday. BMJ INDUSTRY AWARDS 2018 NOMINATIONS Online Merchant of the Year BUILT www.built.co.uk Chandler Material Supplies Ltd www.chandlermaterials.co.uk Mypaintbrush www.mypaintbrush.co.uk Parker Building Supplies www.helpmebuildit.co.uk/ Porcelain Outdoors www.porcelainoutdoors.co.uk New Merchant of …
Read More »H&B announce formal launch of the TBG Development Group
Independent builders merchant buying group H&B formally launched its TBG Development Group today (April 9th). The TBG Development Group offers small to medium-sized merchants the opportunity to join a buying group where traditionally they may have been considered too small to participate. The group offers a range of …
Read More »How now brown field
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. In 1935, the idea of a ‘green belt’ around London, to prevent the entire south east from being paved was first mooted. In essence, it is a ring of …
Read More »Construction activity plummets in March
Activity in the UK construction sector slowed up in April, according to the latest IHS Markit Construction Purchasing Managers Index. Snow disruption contributed to the fastest drop in construction activity since July 2016. Markit said its construction purchasing managers’ index fell to 47.0 in March, compared to forecasts for a reading of …
Read More »Shadow Chancellor meets West London builders merchant
A shortage of brownfield sites could hamper the Mayor of London’s plans to solve the capital’s housing crisis. That was the message that builders merchants trade association, the Builders Merchants Federation delivered to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP, when he visited West London builders merchant Lords last week. McDonnell was …
Read More »Winners of the NFB Awards 2018 announced at ceremony in Birmingham
Nearly 200 construction companies and industry figures from across England and Wales gathered in The Midlands to celebrate outstanding contributions made to the built environment, and the high quality work and commitment delivered by NFB members across the regions. Hosted by stand-up comedian Dominic Holland, the sixth annual awards ceremony …
Read More »Baxi partners with Expert Trades
Baxi is sponsoring Expert Trades Live, a series of specialised training courses aimed at helping installers to build a professional and profitable business. The first session, a crash course in marketing, will be held on three different dates at various Baxi training centres across the UK. It all kicks off …
Read More »Tower crane drops load on passer by in east London
A 29-year-old woman has died after being hit by a load dropped from a tower crane. The victim was passing a Higgins Homes site in east London on Tuesday morning (March 27th) when the crane dropped a pallet of bricks. Police in Tower Hamlets are appealing for witnesses after launching …
Read More »Construction employers call on EU migrant workers to stay, says FMB
With exactly one year until Brexit, construction employers in the UK are praising the quality of their EU workers and encouraging them to stay, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Read More »Tower crane drops load on passer by in east London
A 28-year-old woman is fighting for her life after being hit by a load dropped from a tower crane. The victim was passing a Higgins Homes site in east London on Tuesday morning when the crane dropped a pallet of bricks. Police in Tower Hamlets are appealing for witnesses after …
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