TrustMark, the Government-Endorsed Quality Scheme for home improvements, has announced a new collaboration with Trusted Payments, an app-based consumer-protection service. The announcement follows the Government’s own package of measures unveiled on August 28 to protect consumers from cowboy builders and rogue bailiffs, which named Trusted Payments among the schemes helping …

Plumbing equipment manufacturer Arctic Hayes, by DiversiTech UK, is bracing for an upsurge of interest as forecasters predict milder, wetter and stormier conditions from October onwards. The El Niño event developing in the Pacific is set to have big implications for UK weather through autumn and winter, with increased rainfall …

Setcrete Rapid Flex Tile Grout is a rapid-setting, flexible, polymer modified cementitious tile grout that is efflorescence-free, mould resistant and easy to apply and wash off. Suitable for both wall and floor tiles, including large format tiles, Setcrete Rapid Flex Tile Grout is perfect for joints up to 15mm wide. …

BG, part of the Luceco Group, has released GridLite, its first modular switch range. Designed in response to installer feedback, GridLite enables installers to build bespoke switch configurations quickly, replace individual modules and adapt installations without changing the entire device. The screwless clip-in modular system allows modules to push into …

Intatec CEO Stuart Gizzi has been making the case for some time that hybrids should qualify for heat pump grants. With the Boiler Upgrade Scheme changing again this year, is the Government warming to his point of view? The Government has spent much of this year widening the Boiler Upgrade …

Owner and managing director of Henshaws Roofing & Building Supplies, Adrian Shelley, has been elected to the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation) board. Since acquiring Henshaws, Shelly has overseen its growth from a single-site roofing and builders’ merchant into five branches across Greater Manchester, including two specialist building plastics branches trading …

Adhesive manufacturer Setcrete has appointed Matthew Mayor as territory sales representative for Wales and the South West of England. His new role includes working with builders’ merchants and tradespeople to optimise their experience of Setcrete products, and providing customer and technical support, calling on the support of Setcrete’s technical service …

National Timber Systems (NTS) has announced the promotion of divisional production manager Andrew Watters to production director. This latest appointment follows Premier Forest Product’s acquisition of NTS at the start of the year, safeguarding its operations in Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle and Catterick. In his new role, Watters will take on …

Payment services provider Edenred Payment Solutions (EPS)  has announced the launch of a new closed-loop gift card programme for Toolstation, The partnership provides flexible gift card processing technology supporting in-store purchase and redemption across over 590+ branches, as well as online and via the app. Developed and launched in just eight …

Bathroom distributor PJH has helped the children of St Mary’s Church of England Primary School in Moston, Greater Manchester, to stay safe on the road and around large commercial vehicles through a special Road Safety Campaign. Members of PJH’s Transport and Learning & Development (L&D) Teams delivered sessions designed to …