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Waterline has unveiled its new and exciting partnership with Hendel & Hendel, known for its exquisite furniture hardware. Its collaboration, along with Waterline’s existing range of Crown Imperial handles, expands the options available to customers designing their next kitchen. To mark the launch, Waterline customers purchasing Hendel & Hendel hardware …

Marshalls has announced it is improving the sustainability credentials of its concrete pipe range by removing the steel reinforcement from one of its key products. This will achieve a minimum carbon saving of 6.1%, compared to its predecessor. The company manufactures a range of unreinforced and reinforced concrete pipes, and …

Buxton-based independent merchant Fairfield Builders Supplies is the sixth merchant to become a Partner of National Buying Group this year. The family-run, one-branch merchant serves the East-Midlands and the North-West, offering a full range of building and landscaping materials as well as specialising in plumbing and heating supplies, including a …

Dave Castle,  group chief commercial officer, and managing director of BSS, at the Travis Perkins Group has been elected to the board of the Builders Merchants Federation, taking up his position at the BMF Board meeting on 17 July 2024.   Castle began his career with the Travis Perkins Group …

  There is a further week in which you can cast your votes for the BMJ Industry Awards 2024, as the deadline has been extended. Votes will continue to be counted until Wednesday July 24th, so head over to www.bmjindustryawards.co.uk/vote and make your choice. The BMJ Industry Awards is the …

Children at a Peterborough school are exploring different ways to play – thanks to a leading builders merchant. Welland Academy, on Scalford Drive, has signed up to the OPAL Programme, which helps schools across the country redesign their playgrounds and provision to help encourage new ways of play. Selco Builders …

Roca Group is pleased to announce it has acquired Idral, an Italian manufacturer that specialises in self-closing faucets and taps for public and semi-public spaces. This significantly strengthens Roca Group’s faucets division, enhancing its position in the market for public and communal bathrooms, such as schools, hospitals and the hospitality …

Russell Roof Tiles has continued its support for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) winning a project to supply tiles for a £1m redevelopment in the South. Already underway, the project comprises 62 existing MoD homes on Norton Road in Fareham which are having a complete upgrade to bring them up …

A sales representative has settled his discrimination case against Haldane Fisher for £20,000; Mark Graham worked for the merchant for 28 years before he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and was later diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, a rare inner-ear condition that can affect balance and hearing. In October 2019, …

VELUX has celebrated its 70th anniversary of its official launch in the UK. Since its inception, the Danish manufacturer has been transforming living spaces with daylight and fresh air, continually driving innovation and sustainability in the built environment. The VELUX journey in the UK began even before the official establishment …