Buying group National Buying Group rewarded its best suppliers and most engaged Partners for 2023 at a Gala event at St George’s Hall in Liverpool tonight (November 20). The winners were: Brick & block :                                   …

The 2023 Pavestone Rally has raised a staggering £218K for its chosen charities, Variety Children’s Charity, Crash, British Heart Foundation and The Rainy Day Trust. Setting off on the 6th September from Gent (Belgium), with stop overs in Strasbourg (France), Innsbruck (Austria), Milan (Italy), via a fantastic mountain pass and to the finishing line in Monte Carlo (Monaco) on the 10th September. A short hop …

Over the past 18 months we at Cromar have been working tirelessly to develop a breather membrane that is not only affordable to a diverse market but also technically superior with its performance with being both air open and vapour permeable. When the NHBC issued the revision to Part L …

The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together. Hands up, who saw that one coming? No, me neither. The benefit of listening to the radio on digital technology meant that I could rewind the news, and check that the BBC reporter really had just said, …

The UK’s largest  builders merchant Travis Perkins plc,  has re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant to support armed forces personnel, and honoured 89 of its former colleagues who served in World War II, in a ceremony at the company’s head office in Northampton. The company first signed up to the Armed …

National builders’ merchant  chain Jewson has opened its upgraded branch in Devizes, Wiltshire. The previous building at Garden Trading Estate on London Road, Devizes was demolished and the new one features a full tool hire offering, a timber centre and a new yard, as well as access to Jewson’s Build …

Family-owned north west builders merchant, James Burrell, hosted its first Charity Ball on November 3 at Ramside Hall, in aid of charities Prostate Cancer and MIND UK. . The night, hosted by BBC Tees presenter Gary Phillipson was attended by over 150 suppliers, customers and staff, alongside headline sponsor, Aquaspira. …

West Leeds Amateur Rugby League Club  have won thousands of pounds of building materials in Selco Builders Warehouse’s Growing Grassroots competition, in conjunction with the Rugby Football League. The club, based on Redshaw Road, has won £2,000 to spend at Selco Elland Road, as well as a visit from England …

 Fernco, specialist manufacturer to the civils & drainage, plumbing and water management sectors, promoted Ryan Lockwood to the role of national sales & marketing manager, effective from January 1 2024.   Joining Fernco in 2015, Lockwood has had a significant impact on how Fernco interacts with its customers and has …

I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood I spend a lot of time getting angry in this blog. Angry about politics, about the cost-of-living, about the global political situation, about idiots not being …