Imperial Bricks’ Regency Orange Multi and Regency Red Multi bricks are soft textured, handmade bricks, with natural creasing on the face. Regency Orange Multi is a blend of predominantly orange shades with 5-20% reds, while Regency Red Multi features mostly red bricks with a small percentage of oranges. This natural …
Read More »Chandlers opens new London rapid response roofing branch
Chandlers Roofing Supplies is opening its tenth specialist roofing supplies branch, in Tottenham, London, this month. Lee Walden and Jack Edmead, formerly of SIG, Kentish Town, have joined the growing Chandlers Roofing Supplies team, as branch manager and operations manager, respectively. Chandlers Roofing Supplies North London will provide rapid response …
Read More »Inter-Line buys Morris & McGinn
Devon independent builders merchant Inter-Line Building Supplies Ltd has acquired local builders merchant Morris & McGinn Ltd, a family-run independent traders, based in Teignmouth and Dawlish, Devon, specialising in heating and decorating products. Morris & McGinn, which has been trading since 1948, faced difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic due to …
Read More »Lords Advances in roofing market
Lords Group Trading plc, the builders merchant group, has acquired roofing merchant Advance Roofing Supplies Limited. Established in 1994, Advance Roofing Supplies is an independent supplier of roofing materials, specialising in pitched and flat roofing sales to local and national customers. Currently operating from two locations, Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and …
Read More »Wasting away
Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste. Greetings, gentle readers. Happy New Year and all that. As I write this, I can see that the bin-men have just arrived in our road. Are we still supposed to call them that these days? Waste-operatives? …
Read More »Solid Gear trainers: talking about a revolution
The Revolution 2 GTX Safety Trainer from Solid Gear is the brand’s fastest safety shoe, designed for performance and safety to keep wearers going for longer at work. The GTX’s hi-tech, lightweight construction combines a high-performance blend of ergonomic design, athletic comfort and S3 protection. The waterproof GORE-TEX® upper delivers …
Read More »Traffic bosses strip West Midlands merchants of HGV licences
Two builders merchants in the West Midlands have had their HGV licences revoked by the Traffic Commissioner following regulatory action against them. M K Builders Merchants, which held a restricted operator’s licence, was found to have a very poor maintenance record and almost no understanding of the rules. The company …
Read More »Snickers prepares for the cold
The Snickers Workwear Baselayer clothing for professional tradesmen and women uses high-tech breathable fabrics for ventilation and body moisture transport for sustainable warmth and comfort. The Base-, Mid- and Toplayer clothing combines to keep the wearer dry, warm and comfortable wherever they are on site. Garments are available in recycled …
Read More »Grafton and Huws Gray complete the merchant deal
Six months after the shock announcement that merchant group Huws Gray had bought the traditional merchanting businesses of Grafton Group in Great Britain, the latter has announced that the divestment went through fully on December 31 2021. The acquisition of the Grafton businesses doubled the number of Huws Gray branches …
Read More »Polypipe gets in line to help environmental charity
Plastic piping solutions manufacturer Polypipe Building Products is helping to free waterways of leftover fishing lines. A team of volunteers from the staff at Polypipe toolmakers Mason Pinder, in Doncaster, worked over a weekend to create more than 100 plastic bins from Polypipe stock which will be used to collect unwanted …
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