Kingsfold based builders merchant D.W. Nye is helping to raise funds for local Horsham charity Born Free with a Christmas inspired competition ‘Guess how many sweets are hidden inside the Gingerbread House’.

Rudridge will be donating the money they would normally spend on Christmas cards and postage to charity, and giving their customers and suppliers a fun free ‘game of groans’ to play.

Matt Reed has joined Stelrad as Specification Manager for the company in Kent and South London.

John Guest Speedfit is helping to make sure that the future of British plumbing is in safe hands, by sponsoring a talented college student.

The inaugral BMJ Industry Awards will be held on Friday May 18th at a prestigious venue in London.

One of the things this industry is so very, very good at is the building and maintaining of solid, worthwhile, profitable business relationships. In many cases those relationships develop into firm, lifelong friendships.

Builders Merchants Federation and the Electrical Distributors Association have jointly championed the development of a brand new, industry specific Trade Supplier Apprentice Standard.

Elliotts Builders Merchant has taken on six new apprentices into the business.

Four Partner companies in independent builders merchant buying group have added branches as part of their expansion plans.

November saw a modest rebound in UK construction output, with business activity rising at the strongest rate since June, according to the seasonally-adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI® ).