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NMBS has announced it has celebrated its 60th anniversary; at its annual Dinner Dance which took place on October 28 2023, in the Great Room at Grosvenor House in London. NMBS chief executive officer Chris Hayward took to the stage to welcome guests and thank them for their continued support …

Robert Price has announced it is working with housebuilders, contractors and social housing providers to upskill staff in response to the net zero carbon challenge – was the focus of a visit by Vaughan Gething MS this week. The Minister for Economy visited the Newport Branch of Robert Price today …

MKM, will open its 124th branch in Boston, Lincolnshire this on November 3, the new branch has created 18 local jobs and will mark the eighth MKM branch in the region. Branch directors Adam Keal and Mark Pellow, both of whom have deep roots in the local community and extensive …

CCF has taken its first steps towards offering its customers greater visibility on the journey products take from manufacture to site by trialling a new product traceability initiative. It has developed a process to provide a detailed ‘end to end’ report that tracks products from the manufacturer, at manufacturing batch …

Stelrad has announced it has provided support to Ashington Cricket Club, it provided them with replacement radiators. The town of Ashington, in Northumberland, has recently come into the news because it is the birthplace of 1966 World Cup Winners Bobby and Jackie Charlton, the former passing away recently. “It is …

New data has shown that there is over 141,000 active vacancies across the top tradespeople roles, 51,683 of these vacancies are builders’ roles. Metals4U, who published the data, analysed the job vacancies on Indeed, Total Jobs and LinkedIn to find the most in-demand trade roles in the country. Paul McFadyen, …

MKM Warrington has announced its sponsorship of TEDxWarrington for the second time as the event returns on November 16 with the theme “Tackling Adversity”. MKM Warrington explained that it supports various community initiatives and causes in the Warrington area. David Harari, branch director of MKM Warrington, said: “It’s a pleasure …

Baxi has held its inaugural graduation ceremony at the Coventry Building Society Arena to celebrate the successes of its first group of apprentices. The event recognised the outstanding achievements of Baxi’s first cohort of field engineer apprentices, its degree apprentices, and colleagues from departments across the company who have completed …

Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index report show total value sales for August 2023 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +2.8% higher than July, volume sales edged up +0.8% with prices up +1.9%. Total value sales over the last three months, June to August 2023, were +6.2% higher than …

Builders Merchant Building Index report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared to the same month in 2022, with volume falling -10.5% and prices up +8.0%. Eight of the 12 categories sold more this August than in August 2022 with Renewables & Water …