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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 …

Cross Ash Primary School, near Abergavenny in South Wales, has finished revamping an outdoor play area that was “almost unusable”, with thanks to independent builders merchant Robert Price Builders’ Merchants.  With outdoor play being a vital part of the school’s curriculum, Cross Ash teachers were disappointed to see the pupils’ …

The Unified Water Label Association is calling on the bathroom industry to play its part in tackling climate change, following the release of a landmark scientific study from the UN that claims human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented, and sometimes irreversible ways. The new report from the UN’s …

Building materials supplier Southern Sheeting has signed up as a main sponsor for Ardingly Football Club. The self-funded club presented the business with a framed shirt, sporting its logo, as a thank you for its support. Southern Sheeting, based in nearby East Grinstead, donated £1,000, which will help the club …

Scottish customers of Richard Burbidge, the manufacturer and supplier of timber products can now buy the brand’s mouldings direct from the company’s Livingston office. Richard Burbidge, which manufactures and supplies stair-parts, outdoor decking accessories and decorative mouldings, now stocks 36 of its most popular moulding profiles at its Scottish Distribution …

Duchy Timber, part of the Premier Forest Group, has added a state-of-the-art horizontal resaw at its Lostwithiel site. The new multi-bonded saw will allow the team to dramatically improve  sawing capacity at the site, which converts locally grown softwood logs into sawn timber for uses ranging from fencing, garden furniture …

Ladder and access supplier WernerCo was encouraging tradesmen to get on their feet with the Youngman Freestyler challenge earlier this Summer. Fronted by nine times world record holder and freestyle footballer, John Farnworth, tradesmen were challenged to demonstrate their best freestyle football skills. Kicking off in April, the nationwide tour …

Builders’ merchants Thompson & Parkes joined in with Wolverley Animal Centre’s celebrations at their Community Thank You Afternoon. The builders merchant helped the centre with the supply of a range of building materials to help them build their new African House; the first inhabitants are meerkats Marvin and Lucky. Centre …

Lincolnshire-based Independent builders merchant, Builders Merchant Comany Ltd (BMCO) has outgrown its head office in Scunthorpe and relocated the administration and contract sales function as a new head office in Humberston, Cleethorpes.  Jane Thomson, Finance director of BMC, she stated “I’m so pleased to now have a head office that …