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Yorkshire based drainage manufacturer Naylor Industries has switched some of its capacity at its Wombwell plant, near Barnsley, to produce ventilation duct for emergency hospitals. The temporary facilities, including the Nightingale Hospital in London’s Excel Exhibition Centre, are being commissioned in exhibition halls and sports facilities across the country. Naylor’s …

Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has published  an interactive list on its website of all its merchant members, showing those who are open, partially open or closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The guide uses a traffic light system to indicate which merchants are operating. Green means …

Cement manufacturer Cemex  took part in last Thursday’s celebrations of the frontline NHS workers during the coronovirus by lighting up its plant in Rugby, Warwickshire. Those who could see the plant from their doorsteps were encouraged in a tweet earlier in the day to look out for something special: At …

Heating product manufacturer Baxi has announced a new partnership with MENTalk, an online community that encourages men to open up and support each other with mental health issues, to help raise awareness of personal wellbeing and provide support for plumbing and heating engineers. MENTalk was founded by three Expert Trades …

The National Federation of Builders and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in calling for a temporary stamp duty holiday in order to protect the industry from the worst of the coronavirus lockdown effects. Richard Beresford, chief executive of the NFB, said: “A temporary stamp duty holiday would encourage …

New construction figures published by the ONS show a fall in output, which decreased by 1.7% in February – the largest fall in monthly growth since October 2019. New housing was 7.7% down on the previous month, the second largest monthly fall since 2010. Private housing repair and maintenance showed …

Graham Plumbers’ Merchant has launched a new website – Graham Direct. With an emphasis on providing transparency of pricing, Graham Direct lists the price excluding VAT of all products in Graham’s Always Available range, with new products being added regularly. Once they’ve found the product they want online, users can …

Oil boiler specialist Hounsfield Boilers, has donated a 12/19 Kitchen Model to a leading electrical, oil and water training centre in East Anglia. Norwich Gas, Electrical and Oil, known as NGEO, has been training and assessing heating professionals and apprentices since 2000. The company is the hub for OFTEC’s ‘Competent …

Builders merchants trade association, the Builders Merchants Federation has increased its support services to help its members meet the challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. These new services include regular updates from the BMF’s daily briefings with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, specialist Forums in the form …

Employees at the Preston site of boiler manufacturer Baxi Heating are swapping the use of their 3D printers from making prototype boiler components to frames for protective face masks. It has been well publicised that the NHS is crying out for more PPE and, having seen an article about 3D …