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When BBC One’s DIY SOS: The Big Build came to Bolton to help a family in need, they turned to the W.Howard Group for help. For two weeks in September, the DIY SOS team worked tirelessly at the home of the Taylor-Mann family in Bolton, who needed help to make …

The NMBS Dinner Dance has played its part in fundraising for charitable causes, with an impressive amount being raised once again this year. More than 1,200 guests attended the Dinner Dance on 26th October 2019, coming together to raise thousands in donations for the CRASH charity. Many builders’ merchants and …

MKM Building Supplies Ltd is delighted to announce it has been placed at number 38 in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 League Table. The Top Track 250 ‘Ones to Watch’ list is compiled each year and ranks Britain’s top-performing, private mid-market growth companies by sales. MKM has reported an …

Colleagues at Baxi Heating, in both the UK and Ireland, baked, raffled, ran, cycled, dressed up, washed cars, held golf days and even held a circus to raise over £60,000 for Alzheimer’s Society.  They raised a total of £63,961.49, including 8,342.81 Euros for Alzheimer’s Ireland. In addition to raising money …

PipeSnug, the innovative product that gives a quicker, smarter finish around pipework, recently sponsored an exciting EFL Championship match between Luton Town Football Club and Wigan Athletic. Chris Burdett, a co-founder of PipeSnug (along with fellow director Alex Lever) is a huge Hatters fan and was on the books at …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is calling for swift action from the new Conservative Government to transform the construction industry. Offering his congratulations to Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party, BMF CEO John Newcomb, called on Conservative leaders to set the conditions for a more productive, greener sector, which in …

Stelrad has recently successfully achieved the ServiceMark Accreditation from the Institute of Customer Service. Stelrad far exceeded the required scores in both the internal and external surveys relating to the accreditation and was then ready to move forward to the next stage in the ServiceMark accreditation. The final stage of …

Polypipe has won a Green Apple Environment Award in the annual international campaign by the Green Organisation to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice. In the awards, Polypipe was recognised as a Green Champion for Environmental Best Practice. The award is for a group research project into ‘smart roofs’ …

Roof tile manufacturer, Russell Roof Tiles is generously supporting the work of two animal rescue charities local to its sites this festive season – Hillfield Animal Home and Dumfries & Galloway Canine Rescue. Employing 160 people at its three sites in Burton and Lochmaben, the roof tile manufacturer has donated …

Once again it was a capacity crowd at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London on Friday 6th December on what turned out to be a record-breaking event for the Charity. A monumental quarter of a million pounds was raised through table sales, live and silent auctions, heads and tails, …