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James Jones & Sons Ltd has announced the acquisition of GT Timber Ltd, the holding company of Taylormade Timber Products Ltd, and Kerr Timber Products Ltd which operate sawmills at Sherburn Hill, Durham, and Annan respectively. The acquisition will increase James Jones & Sons Ltd’s annual sawn output to 800,000m3 …

A VAT cut on home improvement works from 20% to 5% for a temporary five year period would generate an economic stimulus worth £51 billion and create 345,000 new jobs, according to new research published today by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors …

Keylite Roof Windows (Keylite), has launched a quarterly newsletter for industry professionals involved in the specification, distribution and installation of roof windows. The ‘What’s New in Keylite’ newsletter has been created to offer customers and industry peers an interesting mix of Keylite product and company news, standout case studies and …

Buckinghamshire-based Grant & Stone has created the largest independent builders’ merchant group in southern England with the purchase of RGB Building Supplies, based in the West Country. The group will have 74 branches stretching from West London to Cornwall, with over 1,000 employees and revenues approaching £250m. RGB’s Chief Executive, …

Acquisitive Buckinghamshire-based builders merchant group Grant & Stone has bought BuildIt Gloster Limited as part of its strategy to expand through a combination of acquisition, new site development and organic growth. Established in 2009, with its headquarters in Gloucester, the three  BuildIt branches provide a broad range of building materials …

Grant & Stone Group, the builders’ merchant group in the Thames Valley and the South West, is pleased to announce its acquisition of independent plumbers’ and heating merchant Total Plumbing Supplies Limited (TPS).   With its headquarters in Honiton, TPA was established in 2001, and supplies trade and retail customers across …

Builders merchants’ sales continued to bounce back from the April lockdown through the final quarter of 2020, figures published today (25 February 2021) in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirm. A strong performance in Q3 saw sales returning to near normal levels and the continuing positive trend took …

The Timber Trade Federation and Wood Protection Association are mounting a major awareness campaign around the provision of accurate and specific information about treated timber. Leaflets and a poster demystifying treated timber and its applications will be available to merchants from 1st April as part of the campaign, which is …

Entries to The BMJ Industry Awards 2021 open on March 1st 2021. The only industry awards scheme that is voted for by the industry itself, entry to the categories can be made via our dedicated website www.bmjindustryawards.co.uk There are awards for merchants, for people and for suppliers. So now is the …

Independent builders merchant, James Burrell is recruiting, despite the challenges laid down by the three UK lockdowns. In the past year, sales have remained on a par with the previous year, HR manager Alyson Hunter says, pointing out that those months that did fall behind, did so purely because of …