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Polypipe Building Services has used mental Health Week 2021 to announce its commitment to taking care of the mental health of its employees by recently adding four more Mental Health First Aiders. Polypipe now has 16 Mental Health First Aiders across their sites and also aims to have 100% of …

Children at a primary school in Bradford are looking forward to exciting lessons in their new outdoor classroom – thanks to builders merchant Selco. The Academy at St James, in Allerton, is in the process of building the wooden classroom within its grounds. The project, led by volunteer and parent Chris …

A Shropshire builders merchant has turned to solar power at its newest site. TG Group is committed to operating in a sustainable and responsible manner at all its locations, and now its Bridgnorth operation is to get 152 photovoltaic panels on its roof. The project is a partnership between TG …

Builders merchants Bradford Building Supplies and Travis Perkins are among four members of the Builders Merchants Federation to  declare their commitment to supportCO2nstructZero, the construction industry’s response to the climate emergency. The four are among the first fourteen champions from across the UK’s construction supply chain to be selected by …

Sika Everbuild is rolling out its popular roadshow to builders’ merchants across the UK, giving tradespeople a chance to take a closer look at its expansive range of products. Headed by the company’s applications team, the roadshow will appear at merchants throughout the year and across the country to offer …

Aircrete manufacturer H+H has won the Best Health & Safety in Manufacturing category at The Safety & Health Excellence Awards 2020 for an innovative programme to improve safety in its yards and transportation. There are two elements to the safety programme introduced during 2019: the first saw a complete reorganisation …

Building materials company Kilwaughter Minerals is extending their investment in R&D, to drive their core markets. The £40m revenue business includes core brands K Rend, K Systems and Kilwaughter Lime. The company has already made significant annual investment in production plants, most recently, the completion of a new business centre at …

Plumbers merchants are as busy as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, according to the latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, based on data from GfK’s Plumbing & Heating Merchant Panel. Specialist plumbing & heating merchants’ sales in February were up 1.2% on February 2020, on an …

Roofing contractors reported a significant growth in workloads during the first quarter of 2021 but were hampered by recruitment difficulties and continued material shortages and price rises, according to the Q1 State of the Roofing Industry survey produced by Glenigan for roofing contractors’ association, NFRC. Over half of  contractors surveyed …

Since the first lockdown last April, the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants has welcomed 11 new Liverymen and Freemen. All admissions and installations over the last 12 months took place via Zoom and now the Livery now has a very healthy 206 active Liverymen and 28 Freemen. Membership is by …