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Covers Timber & Builders Merchants’ hugely successful fundraising initiative Help for Hospices  returns this week, with the aim of raising £30,000 for a number of hospices local to its 14 depots. The hospice charities tht will benefit from the merchant’s fundrasing efforts are:  Demelza Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent; Phyllis Tuckwell …

Lords Builders Merchants is to open its twelfth branch in September 2021, and it’s first since listing on AIM, following the acquisition of the business and assets of Nu-Line Builders Merchants in Ladbroke Grove, West London. Established in 1965, Nu-Line is an independent builder’s merchant specialising in the supply of …

Huws Gray Group has announced the completion of its fifth deal of 2021 with the acquisition of TBS Building Supplies based in Towcester and Daventry, Northamptonshire. Established in 1978, TBS Building Supplies are a mixed merchant servicing both trade and retail customers. Matthew Owen, Head of Acquisitions for Huws Gray …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is sponsoring a £1,000 prize for the winner of a Dragon’s Den style competition to accelerate the construction sector’s drive to net zero. Launched today by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, the competition is targeted at …

A dispute over lorry drivers’ pay could further threaten the availability of cement, the union Unite has warned. Lorry drivers employed by Hanson Cement on contracts issued when they were employed by Castle Cement are holding a strike ballot which opens this Friday (September 10th) in a dispute over pay. …

Independent builders merchant James Burrell Builders Merchants is investing in training up more of its staff members to take up the role as Mental Health First Aiders across the business to provide employees with mental health support and guidance. One in four people will experience a mental health problem of …

The Briton brand is synonymous with the best in door controls and exit hardware and Allegion is pleased to announce the launch of the newly designed, end-user focused Briton website. Following updates to their brand style, the new Briton website boasts a streamlined, modern design and concentrates on providing customers …

The Simon Acres Group has introduced a cycle to work scheme for its staff that encourages and supports those that wish to cycle to work.  Eight of the 20 staff have signed up for the scheme which will reduce their travel carbon footprint by 40%. The Cyclescheme is a government initiative, …

Shower designer and manufacturer, Roman,  welcomed the MP of Sedgefield, Paul Howell, to its headquarters in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Howell has been supportive and interested in Roman since he was elected as the MP for Sedgefield in December 2019. Following 18 months of restrictions, the manufacturer was finally able …

BMJ has been informed of the sad passing of Ray Bass, former Sales Director of Hepworth  on Friday 20th August, at the age of 82. His son, Jerry, who works at Lords’ Derby branch, says that he will be sadly missed by all his family and friends. “Hepworth was in …