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Bradfords Building Supplies has ramped up its training activity for managers at all levels across the company, including intensive mentoring support for managers of the future. Limitless Leader is a new programme aimed at developing strong leadership practices – from the senior management team through to branch managers – and …

The Chichester depot of Covers Timber & Builders Merchants has donated £4,500 to Stonepillow, helping the local charity replace flooring in its hostel. Formed in 1989, the charity supports and empowers homeless people across West Sussex by offering a complete recovery journey that focuses on improving health and wellbeing. It …

Wythenshawe Amateurs, which has 60 teams playing at junior and senior level and across men’s and women’s football, will be backed by Selco Builders Warehouse for the 2022-23 campaign. The club’s home ground will be re-named the Selco Builders Warehouse Community Stadium for the new season. Selco has 73 branches …

Russell Roof Tiles (RRT) is hosting its hugely successful Ryder Cup-style charity golf tournament. The tournament will be held on September 8 at Horsley Lodge Golf Club, Ilkeston in Derbyshire to raise money for RRT’s Give 4 Good initiative. This charity campaign aims to raise a huge £50,000 this year …

It is with great sadness that BMJ announces the news from Huws Gray Group that Company Chairman John Llewelyn Jones passed away on Sunday 14th August 2022. John co-founded Huws Gray in 1990 with Terry Owen, and had been its Company Chairman for 30 years, championing the economic growth, local …

It is with great sadness that Nicholls & Clarke has announced the death of Ken Forbes, who peacefully passed away at his home on July 28. Forbes joined Nicholls & Clarke in 1956 at the age of 18 as an accounts clerk and worked his way through the business, spending …

A new move to a paperless delivery system for its UK readymix business will eliminate the need for global building materials supplier CEMEX to print 120,000 readymix delivery dockets annually – saving 13 trees every year. This is the latest of the company’s efforts to enhance the sustainability of its …

Carron Bathrooms Ltd. has partnered with KB Bathroom Distribution. Following collaborative discussions with its long-term Distribution partner FBS, it was agreed that the addition of KB would complement and enhance its existing routes to the Scottish market. The partnership will allow rapid delivery of Carron baths to even more Independent …

Gardner and Scardifield’s 100-Year Celebratory Community event took place in July on Lancing Beach Green, West Sussex.     Gardner and Scardifield Builders Merchants, Electrical Wholesalers and DIY Suppliers, with over 15 branches throughout Sussex, put the event on to celebrate hitting its centenary. It was founded in Lancing in …

National Buying Group (NBG) has rallied its Partners to sharpen their focus on working with Suppliers to “buy better” amidst an increasingly challenging building products market. The organisation’s recent annual Partner event saw a representative from each of its 83-strong partnerships of independent merchants gather to review and discuss the …