Lily Owsley MBE, part of the Olympic gold-medal winning women’s hockey team from Rio 2016, has officially opened the new £1m EH Smith ‘Local’ branch in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Tarek Al-Wazir, Minister of Economics, Energy, Transportation and Regional Development of the state of Hesse, have opened the Viessmann Innovation Centre (“Technikum”), the Viessmann Group’s new technological research and development centre.

Leading boiler manufacturer Baxi is giving installers the inside track on how to fit the latest intelligent heating controls.

The UK’s largest independent builders’ merchant, MKM Building Supplies (Holdings), has posted increased sales and profits in its annual results for the year to September 30 2016.

Huws Gray Builders Merchants has announced its first acquisition in Yorkshire having recently completed the purchase of James Wilby Builders Merchants.

Dreadnought Tiles and Ketley Brick are pleased to welcome Barrie Matthews as their new Area Sales Manager in the South.

East Anglian building supplies company Kent Blaxill has appointed Jason Brightman as manager of its Bury St Edmunds store.

A group of staff at Covers depots in Chichester, Gosport and Portsmouth have raised a total of £564 for Comic Relief after undertaking a range of activities, including bake sales and a sponsored shave.

EVO-STIK has launched GRIPFILL XTRA, a new high strength, instant grip adhesive that will stick to almost all building surfaces with no need for pinning.

The BMF has launched its second Regional Centre of Excellence in the North West last week at Sentinel Performance Solutions’ superb facility in Warrington.