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Baxi has announced it has sponsored EFL Championship newcomers Oxford United Football Club, which will see the company become the Men’s and Women’s Teams’ principal partner from the start of the 2024/25 season. As part of the new deal between Baxi and the newly-promoted club, Baxi branding will feature across …

NMBS launches affiliate membership to strengthen the independent merchants sector. As part of its bid to strengthen the independent builders’ merchant industry and its access to innovative products, NMBS is launching a new affiliate membership scheme. This category of membership has been created to support businesses that don’t currently meet …

Sika has teamed up with Exeter Chiefs rugby club to become the main sponsor, providing support to the club and the wider community throughout the 2024/25 season. The year-long sponsorship deal is the first of its kind for Sika and will see Exeter Chiefs’ men’s team sport a brand-new matchday …

Wavin has launched a specialist development team to support merchants nationwide; its investment in the new field-based branch development team is driven by an ongoing commitment to supporting builders merchants and the wider construction industry. The team will comprise 13 business development experts and cover regions across the breadth of …

Builders merchant MKM Building Supplies  has announced a new partnership with the Tommy Coyle Foundation. Founded by former Commonwealth WBC, IBF International Boxing Champion, Tommy Coyle, the charity is dedicated to enhancing lives through sport and education. As a Foundation Partner, MKM will support various community-driven initiatives, including supplying the …

Russell Roof Tiles’ largest ever investment is on track at its Burton (Staffordshire) site, with the final stage of construction and fit out now underway. Work started on the £18.5m project last year which will double manufacturing output at the nine-acre site. The project is being commissioned in the autumn …

The Bridge (East Midlands) is the latest winner in Selco Builders Warehouse’s Community Heroes campaign, scooping £500 worth of building materials. The charity, which delivers specialist housing related advice, support and assistance services to vulnerable people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, will spend the cash on soundproofing rooms to make …

Growth has accelerated in the UK construction sector with the second half of the year getting underway; July saw much faster increases in both activity and new orders , according to the headline S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI), which rose sharply to 55.3 in July from 52.2 …

Sales at builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc fell 4.4% in the six months to June 30, its has published half year results revealed this morning (August 6). Lower volumes and the added impact of price deflation on the group’s Merchanting division gross margin saw adjusted operating profit fall to …

  A first-half pre-tax loss of £11.3m on turnover of £1.32bn has been posted by insulation and building materials distribution giant SIG for the six months to June 30 2024. The same period last year reported a pre-tax profit of £12.2m and turnover of £1.4bn. The downturn in fortunes has …