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Nadhim Zahawi MP, the Minister for Business and Industry has acknowledged the vital role the building materials industry will play in the development and delivery of new technologies that will significantly reduce carbon emissions, to help deliver the Government’s net zero target by 2050. Zahawi was speaking the Builders Merchants …

A  scheme to remove the most dangerous Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) from London’s streets has been launched today by the Mayor Sadiq Khan, Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils. Khan visited CEMEX’s Stepney Concrete Plant today to see DVS lorries in action. All of the vehicles that CEMEX operates …

Always keen to support worthy charities, the caring staff at Kent Blaxill builders’ merchants have gathered together a total of 16 backpacks for Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meals is an amazing charity that works in a very simple but effective way. It works to provide a daily meal in school, so …

Scott Parnell will be continuing its sponsorship of Merthyr Rugby Football Club’s under 14s team for a second consecutive season.   The groundworks and civil engineering suppliers’ sponsorship will help support the players and their families. The team will continue to wear their kit featuring Scott Parnell’s logo.   Lindsey …

Entries are now open for the industry famous Heating Installer Awards, which has returned for a fifth year as the competition once again searches for the best plumbing and heating installers in the UK. Designed to champion the heroes of the industry who often go unnoticed, the awards recognise installers …

This week City Plumbing/PTS was awarded the DVSA Earned Recognition award for vehicle operators – the first in our industry and a first for the Travis Perkins Group. This follows the recent win of Fleet Van Operator of the Year at the Motor Transport Awards. The DVSA Earned Recognition scheme …

The longest established independent builders merchant in the South of the UK, Elliott Brothers, is undertaking a digital transformation of its HR and payroll processes in partnership with industry experts MHR to support its future growth. The family owned Hampshire-based business, established over 175 years ago, has invested in MHR’s leading …

A Pudsey Builders’ Merchant has gone the extra yard by raising funds for a much-needed defibrillator to service the local community of Stanningley. Paul Hawksworth, who works as a Yard Assistant at Gibbs & Dandy Pudsey, worked with a number of local businesses to raise the funds required to install …

Tarmac Cement has supported Band of Builders’ latest project by providing sponsorship and Blue Circle packed cement products to help transform the home of a widow in Lennoxtown, Scotland. Band of Builders, a charity which reaches out to help fellow tradespeople in their hour of need, is carrying out work …

Covers in Chichester will be hosting a Portsmouth FC Players Meet and Greet session at its depot on Quarry Lane on Thursday 31st October.    From 1.30pm until 3.00pm visitors to the timber and builders’ merchant will have the chance to take their photograph with first team players Tom Naylor, …