Trade-only plumbers merchant Williams & Co, based in Fareham, Hampshire, has launched a You Tube video for its customers, letting the know about the measures that it has put in place to allow its branches to open as the Government eases the lockdown restrictions. The video tells customers that Williams …
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Tudor Griffiths Group has opened its latest concrete plant at Chartwell Park in Bridgnorth, and is now calling on amateur artists and photographers to come up with a very special image. Managing director Tudor Griffiths said the “Mix It With The Best” competition was a great opportunity for anyone with …
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A group led by product manufacturers, suppliers and merchants under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is helping to build confidence, dispel rumours and minimise supply and demand constraints. The CLC’s Product Availability Group – jointly chaired by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and the Construction Products Association …
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Specialist construction materials supplier, SIG Distribution has opened a new state-of-the-art, 169,000 sq ft warehouse in Heathrow, West London. The site became fully operational from Monday 18 May 2020. It replaces two existing SIG Distribution sales offices – Ruislip and Heathrow – and the increased stock holding it offers will …
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Total construction output in Great Britain is expected to fall by 25% during 2020, according to the Construction Products Association. This is the most optimistic of three scenarios for construction output examined by the CPA and, even so, represents the sharpest fall ever recorded. The interruption to construction work as …
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Independent builders merchant buying group h&b has grown to over 100 merchant members, all fully privately-owned and -run family businesses with a collective buying power of nearly £1 bn. Most of those members are open for business as the COVID-19 lockdown continues; all members are operating strictly within the government’s safety …
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Sales for builders merchants in the first quarter of 2020 were negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and Government measures to reduce transmission of the virus. That’s according to figures released by the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI). Figures for Q1 2020 show a decline of -6.7% in total builders’ …
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Independent builders merchant buying group NMBS has been named a 2020 CRASH Fundraising Champion in recognition of its support over the past year. The 17 Fundraising Champions have been recognised for going above and beyond to carry out fundraising between March 2019 and April 2020. Thanks to a combination of …
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Builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies has opened a new branch in Leatherhead, Surrey. The branch, at Business Park 8 on Barnett Wood Lane, also offers customers a drive-through facility to allow materials to be loaded in the dry all year round.
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Tarmac’s Cement and Lime business has sponsored Band of Builders’ latest project, providing funds and Blue Circle products to build an extension for the family of a boy who is living with Mitochondrial Disease. Band of Builders, a charity which lends a helping hand to tradesmen during their time of …
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