Boiler-manufacturer Glow-worm has unveiled the second part of its homeowner awareness campaign, with its first TV advert in more than 10 years. Launching on 1st October, the advert will be airing on C4, ITV and Sky channels, as well as YouTube and is expected to reach more than 33.3 million …
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A team from Southern Sheeting raised more than £6,000 for homeless charity Crawley Open House when they took on a gruelling 50km hike across an SAS training ground. The Brecon Beacons trek took place on Saturday 18 September, with participants opting for either the more challenging 50km route or the …
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A slight levelling off in construction demand, mostly in the domestic Repair, Maintenance and Improvement sector, has eased the supply shortages slightly, however, demand remains high. Overall product supply has improved slightly with lead times stabilising in some product areas. That said, certain items – remain in short supply. timber …
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Pitched roof tile manufacturer, Russell Roof Tiles’ Ryder Cup style charity golf tournament has raised over £5,000 for Shropshire, Staffordshire & Cheshire Blood Bikes. The tournament was held at Horsley Lodge Golf Club, Derbyshire, with around 80 players taking part from various organisations, customers, suppliers and partners. Entrants were split …
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Sadly, our industry lost a bright young talent on 27th August when the life of beautiful Maddie Durdant-Hollamby was tragically cut short in devastating circumstances. Maddie was advancing her marketing career in our industry and had just been appointed Project Director of Visibility on the Travis Perkins Youth Board. …
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Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation is to reveal the latest thinking and innovations in smart water management during two key seminars at this year’s Flood Expo, held at the NEC in Birmingham on 22 and 23 September. On the first day at 2.45pm, Sean Robinson, specification director for Polypipe Civils …
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Having sold its Plumbing & Heating distribution business to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital in May, Travis Perkins plc expects to complete the disposal next week and will distribute the net proceeds to shareholders through a combination of a special dividend and a share buyback programme. A special dividend of …
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Independent builders’ merchants, Buttle’s, has teamed up with Watford Football Club in a three-season deal as part of its Regional Partner Programme. Buttle’s, which has branches in Leighton Buzzard, Kentish Town, Enfield, and St Albans, will appear on stadium branding platforms to over 21,000 fans and will feature across Sky …
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Two suppliers to the independent builders merchant buying group NBG are collaborating on a new environmental initiative. EV Future Solutions and Lakes Showering Spaces Ltd have collaborated on a pioneering green initiative. Lakes Showering Spaces, based in Tewkesbury, is to electrify its fleet of delivery, sales, and engineer staff …
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A call to the industry has gone out from three specialist civils merchants, – Keyline, Civils & Lintels and Jewson Civils Frazer – who have come together to pay tribute to Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, marketing executive at Keyline, whose life was tragically cut short last month. Gareth Twohey Commercial Director – …
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