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Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, met with one of the UK’s leading wood panel producers to hear about the challenges they’re facing sourcing their main raw material.  Mr Gove was given a guided tour of Norbord’s operations in Cowie, …

Fast-growing heating and plumbing merchant, Flame Heating Group, is celebrating national success after being recognised by one of the UK’s leading business organisations. North East-based Flame was named Scale-Up Business of the Year by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) at its national Celebrating Small Business Awards 2019. This latest …

Impey’s wetroom training team has announced that they will add three extra dates to this year’s popular ‘We Are Wetrooms’ UK training tour. Since its launch in 2016, the ‘We Are Wetrooms’ tour has helped 1000s of industry professionals become familiar with the wetroom installation process. Now in its fourth …

As part of its commitment to help sustain the environment, Covers Timber & Builders Merchants will no longer be providing plastic bags to its customers.   The business, which has its headquarters on Quarry Lane in Chichester, West Sussex, will offer 100 per cent recyclable paper bags instead. However, the …

Members of IBC Buying Group will soon be able to order multiple products from several key suppliers in a single order, thanks to an innovative new partnership with Stockgap, the specialist building materials distributor. Many independent merchants lose hours of time every month placing multiple product orders with different suppliers …

 Wednesday 15th May saw the community of South London unite to celebrate Fraser & Ellis Ltd (a South London-based plumbers’ merchant), with an open day to mark the outstanding milestone of 100 years in business. Since 1919, Fraser & Ellis Ltd, has excelled in meeting the needs of plumbers and …

Kingsfold-based builders’ merchant NYEs Building Supplies has raised £794 for the charity Rainy Day Trust during a family fun day at its depot.   The event, named ‘Have a NYEs day’, was held to celebrate the company’s recent rebrand and completion of its new 1000m2 warehouse. Attended by more than …

Covers Timber & Builders Merchants in Bognor Regis will be hosting another free cookery demo day on Tuesday 4th June to showcase its new purpose-built AEG kitchen demo area.   Between 10am and 4pm, visitors to the branch at Station Yard will have the chance to sample a selection of …

Midlands-based independent merchant Harlow Bros has joined the National Merchant Buying Society. Harlow Bros is a family-owned business with more than 90 years’ experience in timber, sheet materials, engineered timber, windows, doors and worktops, as well as offering an extensive selection of tools and associated products. Harlow Bros made the …

Fibo UK has completed a new video to demonstrate just how quick and easy it is to install its high-performance panels and transform walls. The video features the installation process from start to finish, with the wall panels being installed directly over existing tiles. As well as eliminating the time-consuming …