The Halifax House Price Index, the UK’s longest running monthly house price series, released its index for May 2025 last week. From data covering the whole country going back to January 1983, a “standardised” house price is calculated and property price movements on a like-for-like basis (including seasonal adjustments) are …

Howdens will give away free tool marking kits to tradespeople at two depots in Kent at Gillingham and Strood on Wednesday 18th June as part of its national Big Howdens Trade Day as a move to help prevent tool theft in the area. Tool theft is an increasing issue for …

Francesca Roberts, former chief executive of construction industry charity CRASH, receives the Honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List  announced June 14 2025. Roberts OBE said: “I am delighted and overwhelmed to receive this great Honour of Officer …

Queen’s Crescent School in Wiltshire has been donated an interactive smart screen by Grant UK. The smart screen has been welcomed by both the teachers and pupils, supporting the delivery of engaging learning as well as supporting the school’s wider computing programmes. The 75” smart interactive touchscreen display, which the …

This July, over 80 tradespeople from across the UK will descend on Essex for TradeWars 2025 — the UK’s only invite-only paintball and camping experience dedicated to tradesmen and women. Now in its fourth year  Talon first got involved as A product partner in 2023, when just 10 gas engineers …

On Thursday 19th June, staff from Manchester based family business HMG Paints will be setting their sights high as they take on the British Three Peaks Challenge. This challenge, which takes course over 3 full days, will see staff raise funds for their three chosen charities of 2025. This upcoming …

Beko has been named the Which? Best Value Appliance Brand of the Year 2025, winning this award for the second consecutive year. Which? praised Beko appliances for their performance, quality, and value. Winners are selected by an expert panel based on lab results and customer review. Martin Rogers, head of …

Grant Westfield, the UK based wall panel company, has appointed Helen Read as specification sales manager for Scotland after appointing long-standing employee  to the position. Read began her career with Grant Westfield as Business Development Manager for Scotland’s Central Belt region before moving to cover the East area. In her …

Rockwool, a provider of stone wool insulation, is launching a new global centre of excellence for fire-stopping at Hams Hall, 10 miles from Birmingham, to manufacture a new range of products. The new multi-million-pound investment builds on Rockwool’s in-house focus on fire safety. The new fire-stopping range, due to launch …

Caple’s latest addition is its largest farmhouse sink to date – the Hamilton, a sit-on ceramic model for 900mm base units. Each ceramic sink is hand finished so no two sinks are the same while the bowl depth of 194mm allows for the soaking of the biggest pans and the …