The Portsmouth branch of Covers Timber and Builders Merchants will be sponsoring Havant & Waterlooville FC for the 2019/2020 season. The club, which plays at Westleigh Park in Havant, is in the National League South. As part of the sponsorship deal, Covers will have a pitch side perimeter board …
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The Horsham branch of Covers Timber and Builders Merchants has renewed its sponsorship of a Horsham FC youth team for the 2019/2020 season. The team, which is based at Gorings Mead and will shortly be moving into a new stadium, has been supported by Covers for the last five …
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has confirmed Squadron Leader John Peters as the Keynote Speaker at the BMF Members’ Annual Conference on 19 September 2019. Squadron Leader John Peters came to international attention in January 1991 when his bruised and battered face flashed onto television screens around the world. He …
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A Bromsgrove schoolgirl’s dream to play powerchair football in the top-flight is now within reach, with support from members of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and one of Britain’s leading children’s charities. For the last two years, Summer Rice has been playing the sport, but the equipment she used was …
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Three companies, including Ideal Bathrooms, Neville Lumb and International Decorative Surfaces (IDS), from the Saint-Gobain group are teaming up to raise vital funds for a children’s charity by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The group of 11 people will be walking 26 miles in aid of Barnado’s. The 12-hour …
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Civils specialist Keyline headed off this morning (June 26) on its annual Keyline Rally, the charity car rally that is in its 10th year of raising money for Prostate Cancer UK, leading men’s health charity. This year’s rally set off from the Keyline head office in Swan Valley, Northampton, on …
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The Scunthorpe branch of Howarth Timber & Building Supplies has donated a large amount of materials to a deserving local family to support the BBC’s flagship renovation show, ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build’. The DIY SOS team transformed the home of Caroline Blanchard and her two children, Paige and Reece, following …
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Bathstore, the bathroom specialist, is facing potential administration, having failed to find a buyer. Advisory firm BDO has been lined up to handle an administration of the chain which has 168 stores and employs over 700 people. Based in Welwyn Garden City, it has been owned by the American billionaire …
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Over 450 delegates attended the Builders Merchants Federation 2019 All-Industry Conference and raised £25,000 for charity during the Gala Dinner that concluded the event last weekend (June 13-16). The money raised will be divided equally between Variety, the Children’s Charity (the BMF’s partner charity this year) and Mental Health UK …
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Fibo UK has become an approved supplier to all members of the merchant buying group PHG. The group represents 366 branches and showrooms, and a combined turnover of over £440m across leading brands in the plumbing & heating sector. Fibo Managing Director Scott Beattie said, “We’re delighted to be an …
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