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Steel lintel manufacturer Keystone Lintels is launching a dramatic movie themed campaign designed to boost turnover via the company’s builders merchant partners with a dynamic new programme of increased support. The powerful new message to their merchant partners is simple – “let Keystone do all the hard work and we …

Boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have installed hydrogen burning boilers at ‘HyStreet’, in specially built demonstration houses at DNV GL’s specialist test site at Spadeadam in Northumberland. The site has been used to complete over 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks …

UK plastics manufacturer, Brett Martin, has published the winners of its iAwards competition for 2020. Businesses in architecture, construction, agriculture, horticulture and home furnishing across the world entered details and images of their most creative and innovative projects using Brett Martin’s plastic sheet products. The winners and runners up in …

Radiator manufacturer Stelrad has donated two new specially adapted wheelchairs to the Newcastle Wheelchair Rugby Club – now known as North East Barbarians Wheelchair Rugby. The donation follows on from the company’s support and sponsorship of Newcastle Falcons in the Rugby Premiership. The two new chairs will allow two more …

Independent builders merchant Merritt & Fryers is celebrating 85 years of service to the professional trades in Skipton. Founded in 1935, the family-run timber, building, plumbing, hardware and decorators’ merchants is being run by its third generation and is still located among former mill buildings near the centre of Skipton. …

Builders merchant which has opened its 69th UK branch in Salford has brought a Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse has opened its 69th branch and donated £3,000 to local community projects. As part of the opening celebrations for the branch on North Phoebe Street, a Selco Stars campaign was launched inviting …

Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse will move into a new 140,000 sq ft site on Cater Road in Bishopsworth on December 14. It will make it the largest branch in Selco’s 69-strong UK network. Selco chief executive Howard Luft, said: “The current site has served us well and it will …

There is a huge demand from homeowners for the Government’s Green Homes Grant , leading to a massive opportunity for builders and plumbers merchants and tradespeople. That’s according to research by plumbing and heating merchant, City Plumbing. According to the survey of 1,000 homeowners living in England, 8 out of …

Civils and drainage specialist merchant, Keyline has formed a dedicated national infrastructure team to enhance its existing offering.  The new dedicated national team will enhance Keyline’s existing infrastructure service and will be ideally placed to add value to the proposed pipeline of work ahead. Headed by National Sales Director, Christina …

Builders merchant group Grafton Group plc saw trading rise by 5.1%, to £1.0 billion, ahead of expectations, in the four months to 31 October 2020. A trading update issued this morning (November 12) reports a strong recovery in the period following the significant disruption to trading in the second quarter …