The voting window has closed, the numbers have been crunched and the finalists in the BMJ Industry Awards 2024 are revealed. The winners are: National Merchant of the Year City Plumbing Huws Gray Jewson Travis Perkins Wolseley Multiple Merchant of the Year Bradfords sponsored by Knauf Insulation JT Atkinson JT …

It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair And so it begins. The ‘Project Fear’ that Rishi Sunak’s election campaign majored on, the huge amount of tax increases that an incoming Labour Government would …

Acoustic, fire and thermal insulation product manufacturer AIM has appointed Simon Mayes as specification manager. Mayes will work with specifiers and main contractors to determine the appropriate products to help them design high quality buildings and is available to give CPD presentations. He has 20 years’ experience in the construction …

Construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries, has introduced Volvo electric trucks to its cement fleet, following a successful trial during the summer. The new trucks will be based out of the company’s Cauldon cement plant in Stoke, alongside its existing 60-strong fleet and several electric charging points, all of which represent a …

The Construction Products Association is forecasting that construction output will fall by 2.9% this year, steeper than the 2.2% forecast three months ago. This is primarily due to recovery in the private housing new build and repair, maintenance and improvement sectors being dependent upon the Bank of England cutting interest …

Independent Builders Merchant Group has appointed Adrian Tansley as divisional managing director for roofing. For the past three years, he has been operations director for IBMG’s roofing division in the South, overseeing the smooth integration of Roofing Gear’s  three branches; Independent Roofing Supplies’ three branches and MS Roofing’s five branches into …

A numnber of high-profile infrastructure projects, including the multi-billion pound Stonehenge Tunnel and Lower Thames Crossing are in doubt, as Rachel Reeves, the Chancelor of the Exchequer looks to fill a hole in the public finances. Reeves is expected to announce plans today (July 29) to cancel major road tunnel …

Harriet Harman KC, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, will be a keynote speaker at the BMF All Industry Conference 2025, in Barcelona next June. Harman represented the constituency of Camberwell and Peckham as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1982 to 2024. In 2024 she was appointed to …

UK & Ireland landscaping and construction materials manufacturer Tobermore has appointed its first board, in order to spearhead further expansion and growth. The board will sit above the company’s current senior leadership team to provide them with strategic direction, governance, and oversight, and will comprise David Henderson as managing director …

Frank Elkins, former chief operating officer at Travis Perkins Group, is joining Grafton next month as chief executive officer of Selco and GB Distribution. Elkins will join Grafton on 5th August 2024, succeeding Howard Luft, current Selco CEO, who will leave the business for a new position by the end …