A fifth of UK tradespeople think they will have to keep working beyond the state pension age of 66, research has revealed. The study, conducted by IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest supplier of specialist ironmongery, surveyed 500 tradespeople about their plans for retirement and found that a large proportion are pessimistic …
Read More »Travis Perkins cuts jobs in first step of its cost cutting drive
Travis Perkins has revealed it axed jobs at the end of last year and stated it plans to make further cuts as a result of a slowdown in construction. The Group, which also own Toolstation, mainly cut jobs at its Northampton headquarters and its central support teams – some of …
Read More »NMBS releases dates of exhibition
The NMBS Exhibition will take place on 10–11 April 2024 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Last year’s event achieved record numbers, welcoming more than 280 exhibitors, 558 independent merchant member companies and 1,084 visitors through the Coventry Building Society Arena doors. Chris Hayward, chief executive officer at NMBS, said: …
Read More »Tippers boasts 51% increase in sales after receiving product training
Tippers Builders Merchants has hailed the product training and in-branch support provided by Setcrete in helping the merchant to achieve record levelling compound sales. The merchant recorded a 51% increase in sales of Setcrete products from 2021 to 2022, which has further increased over the past 12 months. Tippers director, …
Read More »Lord Callanan visits Cemex
The UK Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance Lord Callanan visited the Cemex Rugby cement works in Warwickshire last Friday (January 12) to gain an insight into the actions needed to decarbonise the UK’s ‘dispersed’ cement plants. The Mineral Products Association (MPA) and Cemex, hosted the visit to highlight …
Read More »Haines looks back on 50 years with Elliotts
Lauren Haines, director at Southampton-based Elliotts Builders Merchants is celebrating 50 years in the building industry, having joined the family-run company in December 1973. Starting work as a typist in the brick department at a time when typing pools, stenciling price sheets by hand and making phone calls from a …
Read More »Sentry Fire welcomes Ed Miliband MP
Sentry Fire Safety Group, the fire safety and security doorset manufacturer, showed Ed Miliband, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, round its Doncaster manufacturing facility last week (January 12). Having last visited the firm in 2011, Miliband toured Sentry’s newly expanded facility, chatted to staff, learnt …
Read More »Selco revives outdoor space at school
Pupils at a Leeds primary school are ready to further embrace the great outdoors thanks to a donation from a leading builders merchant. Shakespeare Primary School and Nursery, which has around 700 pupils and is based on Lincoln Road, have been donated materials by the Leeds Roundhay branch of Selco …
Read More »IKO kicks amputee football to global stage
IKO PLC is helping national amputee football reach new heights and win more fans worldwide after striking a sponsorship deal that will see the elite sport broadcast live for the first time. The roofing, waterproofing and insultation systems manufacturer has signed up to sponsor the England Amputee Football Association (EAFA) …
Read More »LBS buys DG Heath
South Wales’ independent builders’ merchant LBS has continued its expansion with the acquisition of D G Heath, a timber merchant in Pontarddulais, Carmarthenshire. D G Heath has been trading for 38 years as a family-run business and will continue with the name; two of the directors are remaining post-acquisition, along …
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