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Frontline Bathrooms and Smiths Briten have introduced a new Cisco Webex telephone system for customers across both businesses. The upgrade forms part of an ongoing programme to strengthen service performance, with improved call handling, faster response times, and better visibility of customer touchpoints. Both companies now operate from the same …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has teamed up with national construction charity Band of Builders (BoB) to donate a new Ilfracombe kitchen, in Ash Green and Terracotta, to a couple in Bishop’s Stortford. Builder Mike Shrimpton and wife Christine had been living in a caravan near their property as they …

STARK Building materials UK has marked another step forward in its commitment to sustainability through the Ecogenesys electric recycling initiative. The Ecogenesys model quantifies the carbon emissions, measured in tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent), generated for every tonne of electrical waste it collects and recycles on behalf of its …

Cemex UK is investing in its Building Products facility in Dove Holes, Derbyshire. One of the key features of this investment is the implementation of a brand-new concrete block press from Rekers. This new press will allow the site to manufacture a variety of different-sized blocks, strengthening alignment with specifications …

Falmouth Rugby Club, one of the oldest rugby clubs in Cornwall, has secured a three-year front-of-shirt sponsorship with Travis Perkins builders’ merchant. Travis Perkins has partnered with the club, which plays in the Counties 2 Tribute Ale Cornwall league, to become one of its shirt sponsors for the next three …

Jewson is welcoming customers to its new, fully refurbished, Bedford branch site. The site at Barkers Lane has been upgraded and rebranded in line with the merchant’s Branch of the Future concept. Jewson Bedford now stocks more than 9,000 products, including an extended range of power tools and clothing, a bathroom …

Marley, the roof systems manufacturer, has teamed up with the school of architecture, design and the built environment at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to support undergraduate architectural technologists. The support has included hosting a series of student visits to Marley’s manufacturing site, as well as funding competition prizes for the …

Instantor, a market leader in press solutions, has expanded the availability of its products in the UK through James Hargreaves Plumbing Supplies. Installers can now access Instantor’s press solutions at James Hargreaves’ branches across the UK. This move comes as a result of Instantor joining the Plumbing and Heating Group …

New research from Toolstation has revealed that two-thirds (65%) of tradespeople have never had a personal health check-up or lung screening, despite half (47%) being concerned about potential health risks associated with their work. With November being Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Toolstation has teamed up with charity partner Macmillan to …

Building materials producer wienerberger has opened Smeed Dean, its first concrete tile factory in the South of England. The 7,800 sq m production facility, based in Sittingbourne, Kent, has the capacity to produce 94 million roof tiles annually. Manufacturing both Danum TLE large format concrete tiles and plain concrete tiles …