Independent builders merchants’ buying group NMBS has updated its OneePlace B2B in order to more effectively meet the industry’s trading requirements, now and in the future. The NMBS Order Portal was originally developed to allow Members to send electronic orders to boiler-maker Worcester Bosch, and was extremely well received. On …
Read More »Plumbing and heating merchant City Plumbing is helping its customers by offering a free 30 minute webinar to help guide them through the government’s new Green Homes Grants scheme. Running from September until November 2020, the webinars will be led by Steve Alldritt, technical director of City Plumbing’s Energy Efficiency Team. …
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Independent Sussex-based builders and timber merchant Covers Timber and Builders Merchants has donated £50,000 to five charities across the South East helping to support those struggling during the pandemic. The charities include Sussex Crisis Fund, Stonepillow Homeless Centre, Chichester Information Shop, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation, and 13 …
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A Gloucestershire couple who repeatedly stole wooden fencing from builders merchant MKM have been sentenced to community orders at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court. Stuart Dalby, and Jasmine Rogers of Newent, both admitted three offences of theft of fencing from the local branch of MKM Building Supplies in April and May. Dalby …
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Timber supplier Arnold Laver has launched a series of online workshops that aim to highlight the critical role fire doors play in protecting property. The webinars, which begin on 21 September and coincide with Fire Door Safety Week 2020, will help inform and advise, providing attendees with the latest industry …
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Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse is helping a local hospice which supports patients with life-limiting conditions from across north east Worcestershire. Primrose Hospice, in Bromsgrove, requires £1.7 million per year to maintain its services and aims to raise a portion of those funds through selling donated items on eBay …
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The Timber Trade Federation is urging builders and timber merchants to uplift staff knowledge about treated timber, particularly the up-coming regulatory change to Use Class 4 (UC4) timber treatments for any material that will be used on the ground or in ground contact, such as decking bearers. The TTF is …
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Builders merchants Thompson & Parkes celebrated the first anniversary of its Stourport branch today (September 14). The branch, which supplies DIY, decorating and gardening tools and accessories is complemented by the company’s other two branches in Kidderminster and Oreton branches, which offer building, timber, landscaping and plumbing products. There is …
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North-east independent builders’ merchant James Burrell has just ordered a further six new-generation Mercedes-Benz Arocs six-wheeler trucks. The Gateshead-based company operates from a network of 10 branches located throughout the North-East and Yorkshire. Each day its 36 trucks – the majority of them 26-tonne Mercedes-Benz dropsiders with cranes – deliver …
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Paving manufacturer Tobermore, based in Northern Ireland, is to invest £30million and create 95 jobs as part of its plans to rapidly grow its business over the next four years. Diane Dodds, NI Minister for the Economy made the announcement during a site visit this week. She said: “During such …
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