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Students from Leeds College of Building have been doing Yorkshire proud and showing the rest of the UK how it’s done after bringing home one gold and two highly-commended medals. At the national WorldSkills UK competition – the country’s largest experiential skills, apprenticeships, and careers event – Leeds College of Building apprentice Joseph Turner …

Elliotts Builders Merchant, the south’s leading independent supplier of building materials to the trade and public, is now offering more than just building materials at its’ Southampton branch by launching the Brick Yard Cafe. “We hope to make the lives of Southampton builders easier by offering to feed them for …

Building a strong local brand identity and ensuring the availability and supply of products are central to success for independent merchants, according to a new survey published as National Buying Group launches initiative to support partners. Effective e-commerce and social media marketing are also identified by business owners as key …

The people of Oxfordshire are being invited to take part in the search for the best painter and decorator in the region. Organised by the Oxford Kidlington, Cowley, Abingdon and Banbury Dulux Decorator Centres, along with Jack FM, the region-wide competition aims to find the superstar of decorating – whether …

Around 25 professionals gathered for Wales’ first global online festival last week dedicated to bringing together the circular economy community from across South West Wales. The event helped organisations understand the theory and application behind the concept of the circular economy. EFT Consult, a specialist in building services design consultancy …

The highest-performing construction companies and suppliers in the UK and Ireland have triumphed at the 2018 National Considerate Constructors Scheme Company and Supplier Awards. The companies winning this year’s top award of ‘Most Considerate Company 2018’ are: Optik Leisure – annual turnover category: Under £250k Impact Roofing and Building – …

The ink barely dry on its purchase of Ridgeons, acquisitive builders merchant group Huws Gray have bought another: Stoke on Trent based Audley Builders Merchants Ltd. This acquisition will see Huws Gray opening its third site in Staffordshire further strengthening their presence in the area. Audley Builders Merchants (Company) Ltd …

On The Tools, the online construction community and social media marketing agency, took home the People’s Choice Award this week at the annual Pitch@Palace awards ceremony. Originally founded in 2014 by The Duke of York, the Pitch@Palace annual event took place on the 8th November and was held at Buckingham …

The University of Brighton’s award-winning Waste House is having an autumn makeover as innovative new recycled and reused materials are incorporated into its structure. The Waste House, designed by architect and University of Brighton academic Duncan Baker-Brown, is made almost entirely from thrown away materials most of which  were heading …

Government funding of £1million has been given to Nottingham to get more people into construction training and jobs. Partners in Nottingham have been given a slice of a £22million funding pot, which will be used to launch construction academies with Nottingham College. These academies will bring training to construction sites …