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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 …

PJH has donated £21,531 to Macmillan Cancer Support. The company partnered with the charity last summer with the goal of raising £10,000, which PJH promised to match. After a year’s worth of fundraising activities, PJH colleagues throughout the UK took part in a wide range of challenges and events, smashing …

James Hardie has launched its Hardie® Plank challenge to raise awareness around its Hardie® VL Plank range, which offers quality, versatility and 20% faster installation times than alternative cladding products. The Hardie® Plank challenge is a roadshow event taking place in 25 locations across the UK in collaboration with a …

Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club (ASC), located in North Yorkshire, has received a £3000 donation from SIG Roofing to support its fully inclusive performance swimming development provision. Richmond Dales ASC  has 155 members, many of whom perform at national and regional level, and over the years, has developed a Para …