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The Builders Merchants Federation’s London and South East Region held its latest meeting at the iconic Lloyds of London building on Friday July 15th. Among the speakers were BMF CEP John Newcomb who took the audience through the latest state of play with the Federation, highlighting the fact that the …

Construction product manufacturers reported an eighth straight quarter of sales growth in Q2, according to the Construction Products Association’s State of Trade Survey. Combined with another quarter of broad and accelerating cost inflation, expectations have been dampened for the year ahead, however. In Q2, 30% of heavy side manufacturers and …

On July 12, Roman attended the Queens Award celebratory evening held at Buckingham Palace, hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales. In April, Roman was honoured with the Queens Award for International Trade, for a second time. As part of the Queens Award, Roman was invited by HRH The Prince …

The Southampton branch of Covers Timber & Builders Merchants is the new kit sponsor of Winchester City Football Club’s under 16s team for the 2022/2023 season. The builders merchant’s sponsorship will help to support the players and their coaches. Russell Vowles, manager of the Winchester City Under 16s, said: “Sponsorship …

Travis Perkins has opened the doors to its newly relocated branch in Worksop with the help of charter mayor of Worksop Neil Sanders, commercial director of Worksop FC, Andy Parnell, manager Craig Parry and head of football operations and life president of Worksop Keith Ilett. The existing eight-strong team have …

Glenigan has released the July 2022 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of June, covering all projects with a total value of £100m of less (unless otherwise indicated), with all figures seasonally adjusted. It is a report which provides a detailed …

Toolstation and On the Tools have joined forces for a series of podcasts created to support tradespeople’s mental health. Mental Health Under Construction, the bi-weekly six-part show, is hosted by mental health specialist and member of We Are Hummingbird, Ryan Ridgeway. Ridgeway is joined by guests from the trades, mental …

At CEMEX UK’s Rugby Cement plant, a new bagging line is now operational. Two new lines are now working alongside a recently installed paper bagging line to pack 25kg of cement into weatherproof bags. The new bagging line investment is part of the company’s bolt-on investment strategy, and allows CEMEX …

Builders merchant group Grafton Group plc is expecting to stick to its initial full year operating profit expectations, after a good trading performance in the half-year to June 30 2022. That’s according to a trading update which showed total revenue up by 13.9% in constant currency.  Average daily like-for-like revenue growth …

Triton Showers is now officially carbon neutral, taking the business one step closer to being carbon net zero. The milestone follows a significant reduction in its Scope 1 & 2 carbon footprint since 2017 and investment into multiple offsetting projects. Working with the Carbon Trust, a global climate change and …