Scottish customers of Richard Burbidge, the manufacturer and supplier of timber products can now buy the brand’s mouldings direct from the company’s Livingston office. Richard Burbidge, which manufactures and supplies stair-parts, outdoor decking accessories and decorative mouldings, now stocks 36 of its most popular moulding profiles at its Scottish Distribution …
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Duchy Timber, part of the Premier Forest Group, has added a state-of-the-art horizontal resaw at its Lostwithiel site. The new multi-bonded saw will allow the team to dramatically improve sawing capacity at the site, which converts locally grown softwood logs into sawn timber for uses ranging from fencing, garden furniture …
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Ladder and access supplier WernerCo was encouraging tradesmen to get on their feet with the Youngman Freestyler challenge earlier this Summer. Fronted by nine times world record holder and freestyle footballer, John Farnworth, tradesmen were challenged to demonstrate their best freestyle football skills. Kicking off in April, the nationwide tour …
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Builders’ merchants Thompson & Parkes joined in with Wolverley Animal Centre’s celebrations at their Community Thank You Afternoon. The builders merchant helped the centre with the supply of a range of building materials to help them build their new African House; the first inhabitants are meerkats Marvin and Lucky. Centre …
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Lincolnshire-based Independent builders merchant, Builders Merchant Comany Ltd (BMCO) has outgrown its head office in Scunthorpe and relocated the administration and contract sales function as a new head office in Humberston, Cleethorpes. Jane Thomson, Finance director of BMC, she stated “I’m so pleased to now have a head office that …
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WernerCo, the ladders and access specialists, have announced a £10 million investment plan, including the relocation of its UK distribution centre to a new purpose-built facility. As well as a larger facility with increased storage space to enhance sales and distribution capabilities, the new 170,000 sq ft state-of-the-art development in …
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Architectural designer and TV presenter Charlie Luxton will be the Keynote Speaker at the Builders Merchants Federation’s Young Merchant Conference in October. The event, which takes place on Wednesday 6 October, during UK Construction Week at the NEC, Birmingham, carries the theme, “Building the Next Generation”, and is designed to …
Read More »Yorkshire based independent builders’ merchant West Building Supplies is celebrating 50 years of trading by expanding into the market town of Beverley. The expansion means that the new depot will be West Building Supplies 4th site complementing the existing sites in Bridlington and Scarborough. The family owned business plan to …
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Pitched roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles has seen a huge increase in the requirement for concrete hand-fittings and, in response, has invested in two new curing chambers as part of a wider expansion programme, allowing the company to increase capacity on certain key concrete hand fittings by 50 per …
Read More »Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has signed up to the SME Climate Commitment and pledged to take action to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2040. BMF CEO John Newcomb said: “Climate change poses a threat to the economy, nature …
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