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RGB Building Supplies’ new Dawlish plumbing and heating branch was officially launched on Monday 14th January when its Chairman Colin Worth cut the ribbon to kick-start a week of celebrations. Throughout the week, RGB’s dedicated plumbing and heating branch was joined by leading industry names Strom, Joule, Maincor and Henrad, …

Hampshire Junior Golfers have agreed a sponsorship deal with Covers Timber & Builders Merchants in Alresford. The sponsorship will help to kit out all junior golfers from the U14 to U18 age groups as well as fund a short break abroad for the club’s winter training. Michael Sheath, who is …

Covers Timber & Builders’ Merchants has agreed to sponsor the 2019 Sussex Heritage Awards. This will be the fourth consecutive year the company has supported the prestigious event. Organised by the Sussex Heritage Trust, the awards aim to recognise and reward the highest quality conservation, restoration, and well-designed new build …

Covers Alresford has donated materials to Sun Hill Junior School to help convert a previously unusable area of space into a picnic terrace. The timber and builders’ merchant, which is based on Prospect Road, delivered items to the school, including artificial grass, helping it to create a new all-year-round useable …

In the 2019 edition of the BMJ League Tables, it incorrectly stated that Parker Building Supplies had left the NBG buying group. This is not the case, Parker Building Supplies are still members of NBG. BMJ would like to apologise to Parkers and NBG for the error. The corrected league …

TV broadcaster and garden designer David Domoney is hosting the 2019 BMF Members Annual Conference and Awards, which takes the theme Together we are Stronger. Domoney, who has won 30 Royal Horticultural Society Medals and two Best in Show category trophies, presents landscaping and construction on ITV1’sgardening show, Love Your …

Grafton Group plc, the international builders merchanting and DIY Group, saw turnover increase by 8.7%, according to a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2018. The update, issued in advance of the announcement of the group’s Final Results for 2018 on 28 February 2019, shows group revenue for …

Debbie Abrahams MP has pledged to introduce a ten minute rule bill in Parliament ensuring that public sector projects over £500,000 use project bank accounts. Abrahams thinks that her bill would stop small and medium-sized (SME) businesses being paid late by large companies, whilst protecting them from losing any money …

A Doncaster-based commercial and security fencing contractor is on track to further expand its workforce in the coming months following a strategic move to a new 1.7 acre site on Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate. Established in 2001 with a team of six, Hall Fencing has grown exponentially in recent years …

Independent merchant buying group H&B has recruited leading London timber specialist Fulham Timber to its ranks. Fulham Timber is a family-owned builders merchant based in Brixton and established in 1984. It turns over more than £12m per annum from a branch network in Balham, Brixton, Colliers Wood and Croydon, supplying …