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Dozens of student joiners from Nottingham have received an insight into their future careers from Selco Builders Warehouse. Young joiners in the construction department of Nottingham College were given a presentation from Adam Newbold, Selco Nottingham’s trade sales manager. All students were provided with Selco Trade Cards to enable them …

Independent builders’ merchant MKM has announced further expansion of its branch network in Scotland with the purchase of Woodrow Timber & Supplies. Founded in 1979 as Rowan Timber Supplies, the business officially rebranded to Woodrow Timber & Supplies in 2021 and operates across three branches in Airdrie, Ayr, and Dunfermline. …

Covers Timber & Builders Merchants welcomed Jeremy Quin, the Conservative MP for Horsham, to its depot on May 6. Quin was given a tour of the depot by store manager John Hamilton who explained its operations and products, as well as how the business gets involved with community projects and …

TG Lynes has been praised for the way it supports its staff with in-house mental health support. Enfield-based TG Lynes has enlisted the help of psychodynamic counsellor Elliot Chapman, of Lexden Counselling, to deliver one-to-one sessions to colleagues to assist with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, anger, low self-worth and stress. …

Talasey Group has moved to a new 4-acre site at St Vincent House on Normanby Road in Scunthorpe.       As well as having plenty of workspace for its team, St Vincent House also has conference facilities – including a room that can comfortably seat more than 70 people, …

Volunteers from Band of Builders (BoB) have answered a call for help to make adaptations to the Plymouth home of former West End child actress and dancer, Audra Mitcheson-Soley. Soley’s career spans nearly five decades, but she now suffers from a number of conditions – including hypermobility, connective tissue disease, …

Sydenhams has acquired M’s Building Supplies based in Reading. M’s a single branch merchant, will begin trading as Sydenhams from May. This acquisition brings Sydenhams to 32 sites across the South including Timber & Builders Merchants, Specialist Timber Centres, Kitchen & Bathroom showrooms, Tool & Plant Hire and Timber Engineering. …

Builders’ merchant Jewson has been fined £400,000 following a forklift truck accident at its branch in Margate last year. Magistrates at Folkestone heard how, in August 2021, an employee of Jewson received life-changing injuries while another received deep cuts and lacerations when a load of metal mesh sheets toppled from …

The Actis specification team is gearing up to take part in a series of monthly technical events hosted by LABC – with the first lined up to take place in late June in Dorset. The year-long programme of technical events consists of four face-to-face and eight virtual sessions, with the …

UK tradespeople are seeing increased demand for energy efficiency projects as homeowners look for ways to deal with their rising heating costs.   That’s according to the latest Repair, Maintenance and Improvement Index, from builders merchant Travis Perkins, which found that 71% of tradespeople were reporting increased interest from customers …