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North west timber specialist Illingworth Ingham has bought Waterloo Timber, a Clitheroe timber merchant with mill and machining facilities. Illingworth Ingham, a member of the h&B independent buying group, was founded over 90 years ago in Manchester and operates from a seven-acre site in Trafford Park Manchester plus depots in …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc, has announced its commitment to disability inclusion after joining The Valuable 500 last year. Building a great place to work for people with disabilities is an integral part of the Group’s broader Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and this targeted disability inclusion commitment has been …

Independent builders and timber merchant Covers Timber & Builders Merchants will celebrate the return of the Euros in June in style by giving one lucky football fan the chance to experience a home win with an ultimate giveaway worth £700. Covers’ competition will ask football fanatics to submit a photo …

Stock car driver Ollie Holford is once again being sponsored by his local independent builders merchant Thompson & Parkes after what was a difficult year for everyone due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said: “To have the backing of a local family run company is fantastic, having the sponsorship of …

Tile retailer, Tile Giant, is aiming to drum up sales in the run up to the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend with a Summer sale TV advertising campaign, running across the Sky TV network until Monday 31st May. Focusing in on the summer sale, the tile retailer has devised a series of …

Jewson Civils Frazer has launched a new specialist Tool Hire service to meet increased demand from customers. The new direct to site offer, which is available via all the company’s branches, gives a fast four-hour delivery service on all in-stock equipment, so customers can get the right tools for their …

 Children at a special school in Birmingham are getting excited to explore the outdoors following a donation from builders merchant chain Selco Builders Warehouse. Wilson Stuart School in Perry Common, Erdington, is constructing wheelchair friendly routes in a school project that takes the classroom outside. The school caters for 229 pupils …

The heat pump industry is uniting behind Heat Pump Month, designed to support the scale-up of heat pump installations. With heat for homes accounting for 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions, a wholesale switch to energy efficient heat pumps – 600,000 heat pumps a year according to Government figures – …

Bryan Clover, CEO of industry charity the Rainy Day Trust, is taking on an Ultra Challenge to raise money for the charity. On 17th and 18th September he will hike from Bristol to London non-stop in 48 hours. That’s 84 miles carrying a massive amount of water and everything else …

Oli France, an adventurer and professional expedition leader, will share some of his experienes at this year’s BMF Young Merchants Conference in October. France has travelled alone and led teams through some of the world’s most dangerous and least visited countries on adventures that have taken him through deserts, jungles, …