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The Actis technical team will be off to Milton Keynes later this month to deliver a training session on addressing the performance gap with reflective insulation. The module is one of a number of topics being discussed at the latest LABC technical seminar, which also sees talks on acoustics, brownfield …

A Year 10 pupil from Christ’s Hospital, who appealed to the local community to donate Lego bricks to complete an ambitious project, has received a welcome cash boost from D.W. Nye in Kingsfold. 14-year-old Levi, who has been interested in Lego and making things all his life, is attempting to …

Lakes, showering space manufacturer, celebrates the success of its #LoveLakesIsland campaign. To mark the success and first anniversary of its premium range of showering spaces – the Island Collection – Lakes launched a campaign for stockists and installers to share their Island success stories. Following fantastic feedback and engagement the …

Builders’ merchant Jewson has given away £40,000 in cash to builders across the UK as part of the Jewson Big Cash Giveaway. All customers needed to do to enter the competition was to spend £100 in a Jewson branch or £500 on delivery. Four branches were selected at random and …

Russell Roof Tiles has launched a pioneering new fundraising initiative – ‘Pitching for Pennies’ – pledging to match fund the amount of money its staff raise for charity. According to research, match funding stimulates higher and more frequent giving, with donations being 2.5 times greater on average, and with many …

The Builders Merchants Federation has welcomed the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for SME Housebuilders, on the grounds that the interests of smaller housebuilders are not properly understood nor advanced at Westminster – and that this must improve if England is to build anywhere near 300,000 new homes per …

The Bodmin branch of RGB Building Supplies is delighted to be the new sponsors of the Bodmin Beasts U11 football team. The builders merchant’s sponsorship will help to support the players and their families and a new kit displaying RGB’s logo has been issued to the team. Paul Greenough from …

From 1st January 2019, the public sector will have access to a gold standard service in a unique framework that offers the very best in standards at a local level – a bundle never before assembled on such a scale to SME construction organisations across the UK. Pagabo, the construction …

Klober has strengthened its training offer by bringing two of its Area Account Managers – Nick King and David Rolph – into the team. Both Nick and David have extensive practical knowledge of roofing and will run the company’s training days at its Castle Donington site. Aimed at merchants and contractors, …

The NMBS team got into the festive spirit on Christmas Jumper Day 2018. Friday 14th December is #ChristmasJumperDay all across the UK, with offices and workplaces uniting to celebrate the festive season. Not to be left out, the staff at the UK’s largest buying society for independent builders’ plumbers’, hardware …