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  Sadly, our industry lost a bright young talent on 27th August when the life of beautiful Maddie Durdant-Hollamby was tragically cut short in devastating circumstances. Maddie was advancing her marketing career in our industry and had just been appointed Project Director of Visibility on the Travis Perkins Youth Board. …

Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation is to reveal the latest thinking and innovations in smart water management during two key seminars at this year’s Flood Expo, held at the NEC in Birmingham on 22 and 23 September. On the first day at 2.45pm, Sean Robinson, specification director for Polypipe Civils …

Having sold its Plumbing & Heating distribution business to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital in May, Travis Perkins plc expects to complete the disposal next week and will distribute the net proceeds to shareholders through a combination of a special dividend and a share buyback programme. A special dividend of …

Independent builders’ merchants, Buttle’s, has teamed up with Watford Football Club in a three-season deal as part of its Regional Partner Programme. Buttle’s, which has branches in Leighton Buzzard, Kentish Town, Enfield, and St Albans, will appear on stadium branding platforms to over 21,000 fans and will feature across Sky …

 Two suppliers to the independent builders merchant buying group NBG are collaborating on a new environmental initiative. EV Future Solutions and Lakes Showering Spaces Ltd have collaborated on a pioneering green initiative.   Lakes Showering Spaces, based in Tewkesbury, is to electrify its fleet of delivery, sales, and engineer staff …

A call to the industry has gone out from three specialist civils merchants, – Keyline, Civils & Lintels and Jewson Civils Frazer – who have come together to pay tribute to Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, marketing executive at Keyline, whose life was tragically cut short last month. Gareth Twohey Commercial Director – …

The largest builders merchants group in the south of the UK has been formed today with the merger of Grant & Stone Group and Independent Builders Merchant Group. The new group has 123 branches, revenues in excess of £500 million and over 1,700 employees. Its reach extends from Cornwall to …

Bowed, but not quite broken, Bryan Clover, CEO of the industry charity the Raindy Day Trust, hobbled over the line at the end of his mammoth 84-mile non-stop hike from Bath to Reading. He managed the 84 mile trek in 32hours, 42minutes, a full 16 hours ahead of the targeted …

Over 800 delegates and 280 exhibitors descended upon the Coventry rena last week for the return of the  NMBS Exhibition, the first major industry event to take place post-pandemic. On 8th and 9th September 2021, the NMBS Exhibition brought together representatives from businesses across the merchant industry at the Coventry Building …

Toolstation, has launched a new TV advert, designed to celebrate the skills of key tradespeople across the UK and remind viewers of the tough tasks they face. The latest iteration of the Tools & More brand campaign, which was launched in March this year, shows a female electrician being called out …