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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 …

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has secured an up to 10-year contract worth up to £20 million with Saxon Weald, one of the largest housing associations in Sussex. The two organisations will partner to support residents in Saxon Weald’s 6,900 rented and shared ownership properties, ensuring ongoing support to improve homes …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is delighted to confirm John Carter, CEO of STARK Building Materials UK, as the first of its industry speakers at the 2025 BMF All Industry Conference, taking place in Barcelona from June 12-15 2025. John Carter, formerly the CEO at Travis Perkins, joined the STARK …

Wrekin Products and Barratt Homes have partnered on an initiative titled “The Sea Starts Here”, to help raise awareness of how small pieces of litter can snowball into lasting environmental effects. The campaign’s message will be featured prominently on Wrekin gully grates in Barratt’s Kings Park, a David Wilson Homes …

Travis Perkins has appointed Pete Redfern as its new chief executive and Geoff Drabble as chair designate; Redfern will take on the role from September 16, when Nick Roberts steps down. Redfern has two decades of experience across a variety of roles in the construction sector and was previously a …

The Welsh Government has teamed up with three universities to launch new degree apprenticeships in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, and Real Estate. With the construction sector alone needing an extra 11,000 workers by 2028, the new degree apprenticeships come at a crucial time. Starting in September …

Manufacturer of accessible kitchen and bathroom products, AKW, has opened its new showroom and factory in Middlewich, Cheshire; its facility was opened by Nick Parsons, executive chairperson of AKW Holdings Group, Clare Hayward MBE DL high sheriff of Cheshire and Cllr Simon Whittaker, mayor of Middlewich. Its new facility was …

Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), the global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business management software provider for distribution, servicing and rental businesses has completed the acquisition of Klipboard. Klipboard enables field service businesses to schedule and manage jobs with ease, provide superior customer experience whilst enabling them to streamline …

Merchants are facing a growing threat to their profits from inadequate back-office systems that are unable to automatically track the increasingly rapid movement in Supplier prices. The concerns have been raised by National Buying Group (NBG) which reports that its own state-of-the-art PIM (Product Information Management) software is being updated …