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CKI’s Fusion promotion offers more deals than ever before

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Carl Kammerling International (CKI), the home of C.K Tools, has launched its popular Fusion promotion for 2024, offering its trade customers more range deals than ever before – over 350 discounted products across its portfolio. The promotion will see over 350 discounted products across the full CKI brand portfolio including …

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Snickers Workwear’s new Wind-Protective range

2024 Mid Layers

Snickers Workwear’s new range of lightweight Mid-layers are crafted for full flexibility on site and optimal comfort. Built for active work, they’re fully flexible and can be worn as an outer layer when it’s warmer or a mid-layer when it’s a bit cooler. They’re full of handy technical features and …

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Mapelastic joins Zero line of carbon offset products

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Mapei UK’s Zero line of carbon offset products has been extended further, with the introduction of Mapelastic Zero. A two-component elastic cementitious waterproofing mortar, Mapelastic Zero provides permanent, durable protection of balconies, terraces, bathrooms and swimming pools, with CO2 fully offset in the entire life cycle. Fast and simple to …

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Dulux Academy trains 299 across National Apprenticeship Week

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Dulux Academy trained an impressive 299 apprentices across this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. It designed four, free, bespoke online workshops which specifically align with this year’s National Apprenticeship Week theme ‘Skills For Life’, to provide apprentices with valuable skills and knowledge to further their careers and help futureproof the industry. …

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BMF appoints new chair of Transport and Distribution Forum

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Alan Harvey, group transport director for Harlow Timber Group has been appointed as sector chair of the BMF’s Transport and Distribution Forum. Harvey began his career in 1985 joining the British Army’s Royal Corps of Transport, which became the Royal Logistics Corps in 1993.  Over his 25-year career in the …

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Siniat achieves CCPI mark

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Lightweight construction manufacturer, Siniat, has announced that four of its product sets have been verified by the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) mark. It explained that its partition systems with 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes of fire resistance have been verified against the CCPI, which was developed by …

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Peter Shilton to open MKM’s 125th branch

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MKM Building Supplies has announced it is opening its 125th branch, in Colchester, Essex; its branch will open in March and will create 20 jobs. The branch, which will be opened by former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, will be headed up by branch directors Neil Robinson and Shaun Webb, both …

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Merchant men take on their first-ever Marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust

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Luke Tuffield, 29, of Parker Building Supplies Maidstone, alongside his friend and colleague, Mark Barrett, 35, of Fairalls Builder Merchants, Taylors Hill, have signed up to run the London Marathon for charity. Tuffield and Barrett work for builders’ merchants within the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) – Tuffield as branch …

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FMB backs government’s plans to support SME housebuilders

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Homes England is to pilot selling parcels of land for SMEs to build new homes in the Southeast and the Midlands. Housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove announced the initiative earlier this week in a statement to parliament outlining his plans for long-term housing. Gove said: “”We are determined …

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TG Lynes invests in electric van

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TG Lynes has purchased a dropside Ford E-Transit, which it is using for deliveries into Central London; the van has a range of up to 150 miles and a payload of 750kg. The company charges it’s van at its Enfield site, TG Lynes explained that on a sunny day, all …

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