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Baxi has unveiled an uncapped cashback offer, making £300 available to installers for every three Baxi 600 or 800 boilers installed and registered on Baxi Works. Running from September 1 to January 5 2026, the promotion applies to all models within the Baxi 600 and 800 ranges. Baxi Works members …

Grant UK and Bath Rugby have delivered their Kick The Carbon campaign into primary schools for a second year. Throughout the 2024/25 season, more than 1,200 local school children took part, learning about sustainability and how everyone can make changes to become more environmentally friendly. Starting as a social media …

Supplier of building solutions, wienerberger, has donated more than £40,000 worth of products to the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in Leeds. Leeds Hospitals Charity have raised £6.8m to fund the new centre and create a landmark building fully able to support the treatment of MND, inspired …

Huws Gray Partnership Solutions, a specialist division of Huws Gray Group, has renewed its contract with ODS for a further three years, following a successful four-year partnership. ODS’ repairs service and Huws Gray Partnership Solutions have worked closely over the past four years to implement a market leading materials supply …

  Roofing specialist BMI has released free pitched roofing courses for the second half of 2025 to tackle the skills shortage in the roofing industry. According to the latest National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) State of the Roofing Industry Report, 47% of roofing contractors struggle to recruit skilled workers. …

Figures released in the latest BMF Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirm sales growth for the second successive quarter, following two years of consistent declines, but the outlook is far from certain.  Looking at the quarter as a whole, year-on-year total value sales in Q1 2025 grew by +2.8% on …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced the nominations for three awards for individuals working in BMF member companies who are making an exceptional contribution to the building materials sector. The awards, which originated in 2013 with the first Young Merchant Achiever accolade, honour those who have demonstrated an ability …

Howarth Timber & Building Supplies is launching Season 2 of  its The 1840 Podcast in September, with episode 1 going live on September 8. First launched in January, the podcast was created to extend communication beyond the usual annual events, and engage both internal teams and external audiences, giving a …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has extended its free tool marking kit pilot as new research shows a third of tradespeople have been affected by tool theft Howdens will give away free tool marking kits to tradespeople at its Benton depot on Wednesday, 3rd September to help prevent tool theft …

Travis Perkins Managed Services account manager Amy Neill, is set to race in the Great North Run on September 7 2025 to raise money for The National Autistic Society. Neill, whose six-year-old son has autism, is running to raise funds for the charity, while helping to raise autism awareness along …