Gibbs & Dandy has announced that it is increasing its minimum employee hourly rate of pay above that of the Government’s National Living Wage.

Another strong set of results for the final quarter of 2016 completes a further year of growth in sales of building materials through UK builders merchants. The latest figures from the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index Q4 report show that generalist merchants generated annual revenues in excess of £5.44bn with sales value growth of 5.2% on 2015.

MKM’s Honiton branch has celebrated its half-year anniversary and launch of its new kitchen and bathroom showroom with a special open evening.

T-Rex is getting stuck into more broadcast activity, with a ferocious £1million+ campaign of high profile ad campaigns, starting this March.

Freefoam, manufacturer of a wide range of innovative products for the building industry in UK, Ireland and Mainland Europe, announced the launch of a brand new colour roofline visualiser – an online tool to help choose the colour of fascia, soffit and guttering that is right for any new build or refurbishment project.

What a surprise. The most expensive place in the country to buy a property is the also the place where the Government’s Help to Buy has helped the fewest people.

A comprehensive suite of 17 videos from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Round Table Debate are now live at www.bmbi.co.uk. The videos cover six main topics, with trailers for each one so viewers can get a flavour of the discussions.

Grant UK has announced that the industry leading 10-year guarantee on its award-winning VortexBlue oil fired boiler is continuing beyond April 2017.

Bond It is set to build on its success as one of the UK’s fastest growing manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals with a further six figure investment into its business.

Leading buying group The IPG, has welcomed member number 138, AC Bathrooms & Heating Limited. Based in Sheffield, the company caters mostly for those in the plumbing trade and the business has seen impressive growth in the bathroom and boiler sectors, covering projects in a 30-mile radius.