The Pallet LOOP, a member of BSW Group, today announced it is manufacturing tens of thousands of its distinctive bright green, circular economy pallets in readiness for them entering the building materials supply chain from May. The news follows the landmark announcement, last week, that British Gypsum is to become the first building …

Independent builders’ merchants Robert Price has announced the opening of the new Tudors Kitchen & Bathroom Showroom in Hereford. The state-of-the-art showroom will showcase the latest in kitchen and bathroom design. The grand opening event will be held on Saturday 18th May from 10 AM to 3 PM, after an …

The best way out is always through. There are times when the world seems to be very precariously balanced on its axis. A big nudge one way or the other and it could all go spiralling off course, heading to the oblivion, metaphorically speaking, of the nearest black hole. The …

Pupils at Johnstonebridge Primary School received a donation of pipes and other related plumbing supplies from PDM in Dumfries, to supplement their creative play and develop their engineering skills . PDM, which is part of the Huws Gray group of companies, was contacted by Evonne Cameron, the Headteacher at Johnstonebridge Primary School, …

James Hardie, the high-performance fibre cement and fibre gypsum building solutions supplier, has appointed Edward Dunn as channel manager to further support trade partners in the North. Dunn has nearly 10 years account management experience working for large national accounts and independent wholesalers.  In his most recent role he worked …

Four friends, all Travis Perkins colleagues, from North Wales have taken on a gruelling three-day 120 mile mountain bike challenge to raise money for Travis Perkins’ charity partner, Alzheimer’s Society. Organised by Regional Director, Dafydd Jones, the challenge saw Jones and colleagues Andrew Craig, a Travis Perkins Account Manager, Rob …

Plumbers merchant Plumb Centre, part of Wolseley UK, has announced the appointment of Kieran Griffin as divisional managing director. Griffin has a wealth of management experience within the building materials industry, having joined Keyline as a graduate trainee, moving through the Travis Perkins Group via managing directorships of CCF, Keyline, …

Keylite, the roof window people, have launched a new campaign to highlight safety when working at heights in construction, in a bid to protect roofers from life-threatening accidents. Keylite’s ‘Work Smart, Stay Grounded’ campaign sees the team visit builders’ merchants across the UK and Ireland to encourage merchants and their …

Surface materials distributor IDS has announced that it has achieved a full 12 months without any Lost Time Accidents – any work-related injury that causes an individual to lose 24 hours of work following the day of the accident. Colin Cunningham, UK National EHS Manager at IDS, said: “Maintaining this …

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth Open the Money/Personal Finances section of any Saturday or Sunday newspaper, and there’ll be an article about fraud. Increasingly though, it’s not big budget company fraud, where insiders deal secrets and scam …