Wiseman Industries’ TRP Towel Rail Protector Fluid is a new formulation designed specifically for electric towel rails, protecting them from the damaging effects of corrosion and limescale build up. By improving heat transfer within electric radiators, TRP helps to maximize their heating efficiency, meaning a faster warm-up time and better …

  It’s that time of year again. The 2025 edition of BMJ’s Trailblazers will be published with the April edition. Once again, it will feature the top UK builders merchants, those turning over more than £30m or so in their last financial year. Trailblazers has long been used to benchmark …

You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. Is our housing sector broken? I don’t just mean in terms of its output, which the last few CPA and PMI surveys …

Landscaping speciaists Talasey have a new sales director – Aaron Frogley. Frogley comes to Talasey with a strong sales-oriented career history, including roles at SIG, Pavestone and Vado. He is well respected for his charitable work, is one of the most popular and well-known figures in the merchant and landscaping …

Dulux Decorator Centre, the painting and decorating merchant, has appointed Sarah Atkins as its new managing  director, effective 1st February. Atkins joined the business as marketing lead, before becoming head of retail marketing, and subsequently  commercial director in 2023. She succeeds Guy Butterworth, who is leaving the business after 30 …

Landscaping, building, and roofing materials specialist Marshalls has made a series of senior leadership appointments in both its Landscaping business and at Group level. Nick Platt is the new managing director for landscaping, having been sales and marketing director for the UK and Ireland at Baxi. Stacey Temprell is now …

The UK construction industry is set for a gradual recovery in output for the next two years, according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association, which predict total construction output growth of 2.1% in 2025 and 4.0% in 2026. The increase follows two challenging years that have particularly …

Ibstock Plc, the UK manufacturer of building products and solutions, is expecting full year revenues to have decreased by 10% to around £365 m (from £406 m in 2023), according to a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2024. Lower sales volumes across the core business are principally …

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG took on 14 new Partners and Associates in 2024, finishing up with M.A. Grigg, a specialist agricultural merchant in Cornwall. The family-run business has been in operation since 1970, on Pendennis Farm, St. Austell, growing from a small farm shop in a converted pig …

Builders merchant group Huws Gray Group has appointed Darren Allison as managing director of the Bathroom Distribution Group. Allison, who takes up his position on January 27th, brings a wealth of leadership and sector experience, having built numerous bathroom businesses including Bathroom Brands Limited and Clearwater Collection. Daksh Gupta, Huws …