Firefighters are tackling a fire at the Portslade branch of independent builders merchant Chandlers.

Tradespeople have been given the chance to purchase products and materials through the click of a smartphone - thanks to the latest development of a revolutionary new app.

Andy Street, the first Mayor of the West Midlands, and former Managing Director of John Lewis will give the final address at BMF Members’ Day in September.

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet…However difficult life may seem there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up” I was going to write about Teresa May’s pronouncement’s last week on the housing market. …

Parker Building Supplies, the Sussex-based independent builders’ merchant, has been acquired by Cairngorm Capital Partners, a specialist private investment firm with a focus on UK building products distribution, manufacturing, and services.

West-midlands-based ERA, the UK’s home security expert, has appointed Tania Tams as head of marketing to oversee the communications and marketing activity across the company’s distribution channels.

The BMJ Industry Awards aims to highlight and celebrate all that is good and great about the businesses, the brands and the people in the UK merchanting industry.

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) reacts to the Spring Statement.

Heatrae Sadia has announced that it is opening its Norwich factory to local school children as part of an effort to support the Government’s Year of Engineering.