Devon-based independent builders merchant RGB Building Supplies has published a ‘Love Where You Live’ charity calendar for 2021. The calendar, sales of which will raise funds for RGB’s chosen charities, Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust and Devon Air Ambulance, features photographs which highlight the South West’s diverse history, wildlife and landscape. The 12 images were chosen from …
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Customer experience guru Geoff Ramm has been confirmed to speak at the BMF All Industry Conference 2021, next June. The author of Celebrity Service Ramm, whose clients include Emirates, Warner Brothers and McDonalds, has challenged and inspired audiences across 43 countries to create award-winning ideas to outperform the competition. Ramm …
Read More »The latest research by Pasquill shows that more homeowners than ever before are thinking about converting their lofts, and the coronovirus is probably to blame. Pasquill found that Google searches for loft conversions rose by over 200% during the first UK national lockdown from march to July 2020. At the …
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AG (formerly Acheson + Glover) leads the way in committing to a positive health and safety culture across the company, with the launch of the “SafeDay” programme for the entire 200 strong workforce. The specialist building products business with manufacturing locations in Fivemiletown, Toome, Ballygawley, Dunganon and Carryduff chose October …
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Global workwear brand Dickies has teamed up with Bolton Wanderers FC to test its new Advanced Waterproof Technology (AWT) range at the University of Bolton Stadium. Dickies Workwear has outfitted stadium ground staff, security, and maintenance staff with clothing and footwear from the range, which is designed to guard the …
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Wolseley UK is making major steps forward to further evolve its brand to highlight and signpost the business’s key specialisms, announcing that, from November 2020, its plumbing and heating division will be known as Wolseley Plumb & Parts. Chris Taylor-Hone, Wolseley’s national director for Plumbing & Heating, comments on the …
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The Inverness branch of Men’s Shed has been busy restoring a former 1930’s pavilion on the grounds of Millburn Academy into a new home for the group. Fundraising for the £115,000 renovation project had been hampered by the pandemic, but a donation of SterlingOSB Zero by Norbord from the nearby …
Read More »Roofing trade association, National Federation of Roofing Contractors, is formerly investigating two of its supplier members, Associated Lead Mills Ltd (ALM) and BLM British Lead, following the news today that both had been fined for entering into anti-competitive arrangements. A third NFRC Supplier Member, Calder Industrial Materials Ltd, had been …
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Williams Trade Only Plumbing and Heating Supplies is opening its 39th branch, in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 1st December. Poole Branch Manager, Rob Arthurs, brings years of experience in the plumbing sector and aims for the branch is to be the first choice for heating and plumbing supplies for …
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The Competitions and Markets Authority has fined two of the UK’s largest suppliers of rolled lead to the roofing market a total of £9.2m for breaking competition law. Following an investigation into suspected cartel conduct, the CMA found that Hertfordshire-based firms, Associated Lead Mills Ltd (ALM) and H.J. …
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