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MKM Building Supplies (MKM) builders’ merchant, is set to open its brand-new Congleton branch on January 19 2026. The new site is MKM’s 136th branch and will create around 18 new jobs for local people, with further growth expected as the branch becomes established. Leading the new branch is branch …

D W Burns have honoured the actions of employee Max Morley, who recently assisted the BBC’s Scam Interceptors team alongside Amanda Holden in preventing a local resident from falling victim to fraud. The programme, which hunts down and combats scammers, contacted the branch after realising their team would not be …

Lancashire based Easy-Trim Precast Roofing and Construction Products has been acquired from its administrators by concrete manufacturer FP McCann. In its latest results, to December 31 2023, Easy-Trim posted a turnover of £18.1m and pre-tax profits of £233,000. Headquartered in Northern Ireland, F P McCann turned over £415.3 million in …

Calling all UK builders merchants with an annual turnover of more than £25m. BMJ needs your help in compiling the 2026 edition of Trailblazers, the industry’s leading benchmarking publication. This supplement, published with BMJ’s April issue, compares the top 50 or so merchants’ financial performance, across a range of KPIs, …

Water management manufacturer DAB Pumps is calling on UK and Irish merchants to take a firm stand against the distribution of non-compliant circulating pumps following a series of official safety warnings and enforcement notices issued in Ireland. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in Ireland issued a Product Safety …

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has expanded its Birmingham Central branch, more than doubling its size. The site, Located on South Road in Hockley, was previously an acre in size but it is now roughly 2.2 acres after work to improve its flagship Birmingham branch was completed in December 2025. The improved …

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for October 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +0.8% compared to October 2024. Volume sales however, decreased -2.1% while prices increased +2.9% year-on-year. With one extra trading day in October, month-on-month …

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report has been published, showing builders’ merchants’ total value sales in October 2025 were up +0.2% compared to the same month a year before.  Year-on-year volumes were also up +0.8%, but prices were down -0.6%, with no difference in trading days. Mike Rigby, …

Liverpool timber merchant, Terry’s Timber, has welcomed a new 7.5-tonne Isuzu N75.190(E) into its commercial vehicle fleet, supplied by local dealer Ditchburn Truck Services. Continuing a long-standing relationship with the manufacturer, the company’s latest rigid was selected from the Isuzu Truck UK Driveaway range, replacing an identical truck in a …

Mick Ballard, a yard customer assistant at Travis Perkins Leicester Central branch, has celebrated 50 years with the business. The 77-year-old started with Travis & Arnold in 1975 before it merged with Sandell Perkins in 1988 to become Travis Perkins. During his time with the company, he has held a variety of …