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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 …

Civils Store has raised £26,412.80 for Air Ambulance UK at its black-tie charity dinner, which was to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. The event was held at the de Vere Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton -under-Edge, Gloucestershire on July 2 – the event featured a Gala Dinner, Charity Auction, Raffle, Casino and …

Toolstation has continued its role as the prize sponsor for the 2023 Young Builder of the Year Award organised by Youthbuild UK, the awards were presented on Wednesday 18th October at the Houses of Parliament. The Young Builder of the Year awards are an annual celebration of junior learners and …

Actis has announced it is teaming up with a specialist in carbon neutral modular buildings to offer a free classroom repair to one of the hundreds of schools affected by the RAAC crisis. BGR group managing director, Richard Burns, said he hopes the winning school will be able to reduce …

Baxi has launched its full suite of air source heat pump training courses to support heating engineers and installers, as it looks to become more familiar with and qualified to install the technology. The new ASHP courses, which are available at Baxi’s network of training centres across the UK, offer …

Dulux Decorator Centre has been awarded the British Coatings Federation award for Customer Service for its new “Customer Segmentation” programme. The British Coatings Federation Awards celebrate excellence and innovation within the UK coatings industry. The Customer Service category recognises the importance of customer service within the paints, coatings, inks and …