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Children at a primary school in Argyll and Bute can enjoy lessons in the great outdoors after Pasquill, the UK’s leading manufacturer of roof trusses and engineered timber solutions, donated materials for a new gazebo in the school grounds. The wooden structure at Dunbeg Primary School, near Oban, will be …

ACO Water Management has announced a new series of webinars and podcasts discussing the ways in which the construction industry can better protect the UK’s biodiversity and wild habitats. Climate change is having a significant impact on biodiversity, with the IPCC’s recent landmark report highlighting the critical levels of concern …

Britain’s construction industry could be more efficient if there was a national shutdown for two to three weeks each August, says Dan Grimshaw from leading design and construction firm Beam Development. “The combined effect of post-lockdown holidays, the loss of free movement and supply chain hold-ups, is slowing progress on …

Lords Builders Merchants has extended its partnership with Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club, with the key partner continuing their support of the club for the sixth consecutive season, ahead of the forthcoming 2021/22 Championship Rugby campaign. The partnership extension means that the West London-based Lords will continue to have its name appear above the numbers …

Covers Timber & Builders Merchant in Chichester has donated materials to local outdoor education and wellbeing centre Tuppenny Barn to help create a new sensory garden. Tuppenny Barn, which is located in Southbourne, cultivates and harvests organic produce to promote the benefits of growing, cooking and eating healthy food. As …

The BMJ Industry Awards 2021 is now open for voting. The only awards programme in the merchanting sector that is decided by a pubic vote, the BMJ Industry Awards seek to reward and recognise the incrediable achievements of merchants and supliers, companies and individuals in the UK merchanting arena. BMJ …

Record breaking value sales in June helped Britain’s Builders’ Merchants hit their best ever quarter since the BMBI began in July 2014, with Q2 total value sales up 24.1% on Q1 2021 on two less trading days. Ten out of the 12 product categories sold more over the period. June’s …

With another heatwave on the way at the end of the month, Marley, the UK’s leading roof system manufacturer, is reminding roofers of the importance of staying ‘Safe in the Sun’, whilst supporting the Melanoma Fund. Daniel Redfern, Marketing Manager at Marley said, ‘Contractors working for long periods of time …

The UK’s top construction trainees will battle it out 16-18 November at CITB’s SkillBuild National Finals.       SkillBuild, the largest multi-trade construction competition in the country, will see more than 50 finalists from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete in their specialist skills. The competitors will be set an 18-hour project to complete across the three days …

Jeff House, Head of External Affairs at Baxi Heating has welcomed the publication today (August 17) of the Hydrogen Strategy from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which details the role and vision for clean hydrogen deployment at scale in the UK, building upon the ambitions in last year’s …