News

NMBS have launched a new end-user loyalty scheme for their merchant members, working with the loyalty scheme operator Smart Trade.

Interbuild Event Director, James Gower, says he empathises with Timber Show organisers East Exhibitions and all those impacted by news of the Timber Show's sudden cancellation.

Trade home improvement stockist GAP have started their 2008 expansion programme by trebling the size of their Wirral trade counter.

From this month, manufacturers of building products will be able to make credible declarations about the recycled content of individual brands using a guide introduced by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).

The BMF have developed and issued four new Selling Guides to help members increase their knowledge in specialist product areas, advise customers accordingly and supply the correct products for each installation.

Owen Glover from Grays-based builders merchants DC Morgan, is the first to win an award in a new incentive scheme run by Building Supplies R Us (BSRUS).

Polypipe Sanitary Systems have been the subject of a successful management buyout by their previous owners, the Polypipe Group. The deal became effective on January 30.

PTS, part of the BSS Group, have announced they have rejoined the BMF to show their "active support of the industry's continued development".

The Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) are keen to highlight the importance of water efficiency. In fact they're passionate about it, which is why they're encouraging people to share a shower or bath with the one you love this Valentine's Day.

Sales of building materials, after adjustments for inflation and differences in trading days, fell 4.4% during the last three months of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006 according to the latest figures from the BMF.