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With soaring fuel prices motivating homeowners to find ways of slashing energy bills, floor insulation is seeing a spike in interest, observes pan-European specialist Actis. Floor insulation can offer savings of around £110 a year for gas users, and £400 a year for those whose homes are heated by electricity. …

Kent Blaxill has acquired Norwich-based company, Paint & Paper Ltd. James Park, managing director of Kent Blaxill, said: “We are delighted to have completed this acquisition for our growing decorating, glass and building centre group. Paint & Paper Ltd was established in 1995 and specialised in designer wallpaper and paint, …

Heating, plumbing and air movement materials supplier, TG Lynes has welcomed 49 players to the Marquees Course at the Woburn Golf Club for its annual Charity Golf Day. A raffle and a Beat The Pro Challenge was held as part of the event, raising a total of £1,370 for TG …

Lords Builders Merchants, part of Lords Group Trading plc, has opened its newly refurbished branch in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. As part of its programme of investment and expansion, during the last year Lords has invested into the complete redevelopment of its Beaconsfield branch. The refurbished branch brings a range of new …

Radiator manufacturer Stelrad, has entered into an agreement with De Longhi Industrial S.A to acquire 100% of the share capital of Italian radiator manufacturer DL Radiators srl for €28.346 million on a debt free, cash free basis. DL Radiators’ main manufacturing site is located in Moimacco, near Udine, Italy and …

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for April 2022 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants down – 5.8% on April 2021. Volume sales dropped -13.3% mitigated to some extent by +8.6% price inflation. Compared to April 2019, a more normal …

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales fell 0.9% in April 2022 compared to the same month in 2021, the first decline since January 2021. Price inflation of +17.0% helped to mitigate April’s -15.3% drop in volume sales compared to April 2021. Six …

Sussex-based plumbing and heating specialist, KDS Plumbing & Heating Supplies, is looking forward to ‘buying better’ after joining National Buying Group’s (NBG) growing community of independent merchants. Founded in 2017, KDS operates branches in Hove, Peacehaven and Worthing, and places strong customer relationships at the centre of everything the business …

In their 100th year of trading, EH Smith has acquired Coventry-based Builders Supply Stores Ltd. Privately-owned family run merchant EH Smith currently employs around 450 staff. Founded in Birmingham in 1922, EH Smith have always had strong roots in the area including 10 of its 13 trading locations and Head …

Online building materials supplier Building Supplies Online has gone into administration today (June 20). David Shambrook and Sarah Cook of FRP Advisory were appointed as Joint Administrators to Building Supplies Online Limited on Monday 20 June 2022. Building Supplies Online was an online supplier of building materials to trade and …