News

The latest trading update from B&Q parent Kingfisher plc, for the fourth quarter, show a like-for-like sales decline for the multiple DIY chain despite a small rise in total sales.

Profitability is getting tougher to achieve according to the BMF's annual Merchant Industry KPI Report, which compares financial performance ration from a representative sample of merchant businesses across the country.

Wolseley's internal communications team has bagged five awards at the Communicators in Business (CiB) Regional Awards.

Heatrae Sadia's southern divisional sales manager Simon Russell is running the London Marathon on April 13 to raise money for leukaemia charity the Anthony Nolan Trust.

Build Center, part of the Wolseley group, will open specialist 'Landscape Centers' across the UK next month.

Timber and panel products distributor James Latham are to establish their first Scottish site at the Eurocentral business park in Lanarkshire, bringing their total number of sites to 10.

Brandon Hire, Wolseley's tool hire business, have opened their largest branch, in the heart of Birmingham.

Celebrity TV builder, Tommy Walsh will open The Lead Sheet Association's (LSA) new Training Centre in Tonbridge, Kent on 19th March 2008.

Exmet have announced the acquisition of some trade and assets of Cheshire-based wall tie company Powerplace Ltd from administrators.

A south London Timber merchant was destroyed in a blaze yesterday which resulted in a series of explosions.