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Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation is launching a new Sustainability Forum, which will meet for the first time on 9 June. To be chaired by Giles Bradford, communications and engagement manager at Bradfords Building Supplies and sponsored by BMF service member, Peak, the Sustainability Forum will bring …

The Lockerbie site is the showcase sawmill within the James Jones Group. It is the largest single-site sawmill complex in the UK and the most technically advanced. As such, pre-pandemic, Lockerbie received a high number of visitors – including small groups of customer visits, customer training courses, academic institutions, and …

Organising, sorting and finding their paperwork is one of the top sources of stress within the building trade, according to a new survey of builders and trades people. The survey, conducted by Parker and Chandlers Building Supplies among 700 builders, revealed that almost two thirds, or 62%, of general builders …

Brick maker Ibstock plc is committing to reduce its plastic use by 40% by 2025. To help meet its target the company is seeking to remove at least 200 tonnes of plastic shrink wrap from across the Group by the end of 2021 – the equivalent of 8.3 million soft …

Yorkshire and North East independent builders’ merchant James Burrell has had a strong start to 2021 following an upbeat trading performance and strengthening of its balance sheet, shown by its newly filed accounts for the year to October 2020. Despite the impact of nationally imposed restrictions during the first lockdown …

Construction product manufacturing is continuing it recovery into the first quarter of 2021, according to the Construction Product Association’s latest State of Trade Survey, thanks the private housing, infrastructure and the repair and maintenance sectors. However, a constrained global supply of raw materials and components, as well as the associated …

Psychologist and sports-performance coach Jamil Qureshi, author The Mind Coach, is to speak at the BMF All Industry Conference 2021 taking place in November. Qureshi has worked with some of the world’s top individuals and teams in sport and business.  His presentation will share practical insights into the psychology of …

Andrew Griffith MP, the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion, has been confirmed as a headline speaker at the BMF Members’ Day Conference on 23 September 2021, which takes the theme “Reshape, Renew, Rebuild.”  He will be the main speaker within a segment of the Conference dedicated to sustainable construction and …

Interior building products distributor CCF, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has worked in collaboration with Electra, to launch the UK’s first 27 tonne curtainside Battery Electric Vehicle, with 287kwh traction batteries. It is launched today (April 19). The product of three years of development driven forward by CCF, the …

Triton Showers has raised money for its charity partner Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice, via an Easter raffle organised by staff, the proceeds of which were matched by Triton who rounded the total up to £2,000. Based in Exhall, Zoë’s Place offers respite to families with babies and infants suffering from life-limiting …