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PLASSON UK’s area sales manager for the West Midlands & South Wales, Harry Slade, has successfully completed his Level 4 BMF sales executive apprenticeship, delivered in partnership with LEAP Apprenticeships & Early Careers. Slade joined PLASSON UK in April 2024 as the company’s first apprentice, combining hands-on sales experience with …

Two team members from Travis Perkins’ Chipping Norton branch are set to complete two endurance-based sporting challenges this April to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society, Travis Perkins’ nominated charity. Yard manager Eddy Webb is set to run two-and-a-half marathons in a day, setting himself an ambitious task of completing the …

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, produced by  MRA Research, show total like-for-like value sales for November 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +2.7% compared to the same month the year before. With one less trading day in November 2025, unadjusted …

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in February, shows builders’ merchants’ like-for-like total value sales in November 2025 were -0.4% lower than the same month in 2024. With one less trading day in November 2025, unadjusted value sales were -5.1% down year-on-year, while volume sales were down …

Industry experts have warned that construction firms and those in the supply chain are losing millions of pounds in potential revenue because sales and marketing teams are working to different definitions of what constitutes a ‘qualified lead’. B2B marketing agency Lesniak Swann brought together a panel of senior commercial leaders …

New data from the Department for Business and Trade and the Mineral Products Association highlight a long-term fall in demand for key construction materials according to BCIS chief economist Dr David Crosthwaite. Records published DBT data, which date back to 2013, show annual deliveries of ready-mixed concrete hit a record …

Yorkshire based drainage manufacturer Naylor Industries has attended the official opening of Barnsley’s Base71 Youth Zone, the first of three zones to be opened in Yorkshire this year. Naylor has been an active supporter of Base71 since the initial planning stages back in the early 2020s, contributing to the capital costs …

Sustainable building products provider, Holcim UK, has supported a project aimed at boosting the population of bees and other pollinators across the UK.  The company teamed up with the North Wessex Downs Landscape Trust to provide more than 60,000 bulbs to be shared with community groups across the area and …

UK construction activity stablisised at the start of 2026, with January data pointing to a much slower rate of decline than at the end of last year, according to the latest  seasonally adjusted S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). The Index rose sharply to 46.4 in January from …

Henkel, a producer of adhesives, sealants and coatings, and Wetherby Laroc, a manufacturer of building products and facade systems, have announced a strategic partnership. As part of this partnership, Henkel has signed an agreement to become majority shareholder of Wetherby Laroc. The joint venture will enable both companies to grow …