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The Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager 2018 conferences have exceeded all previous attendance records for the third year running, with a total of around 1,600 delegates already signed up for or attending this year’s events. And with bookings still being taken for the remaining three conferences in Newcastle, London and …
Read More »“Time to talk Fire Protection” says CCF
Insulation and interior building products distributor CCF held an industry “lunch and learn” event to highlight the importance of fire protection and third-party accredited products and installers. The event, in conjunction with the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (AFSP), Promat, Rockwool and Tradeline, was the second of its kind to …
Read More »Final chance for one charity to win £500
Local builders’ merchant D.W. Nye is offering one final opportunity for a charity, school, or community group to secure £500 of funding this year. The fourth and final round of D.W. Nye’s ‘Proud to be Local’ campaign is now open for nominations. Members of the public, including charity staff, have …
Read More »Charcon Win Contract to Supply Cycle Kerb in Poole
Charcon Hard Landscaping, a division of Aggregate Industries, has been awarded the contract to supply the Borough of Poole, and it’s Townside Access Scheme, with its innovative Cycle Kerb. The Townside Access scheme is part of the £23.3million Access to Poole Port and Regeneration Area Programme that the council is …
Read More »NMBS celebrates Dinner Dance with 1200 people
Builders merchant buying group NMBS held its 55th annual Dinner Dance in London last month. The UK’s largest buying society for independent builders’, timber, hardware, and plumbing and heating merchants held the event on 27 October 2018 in the Great Room at London’s exclusive Grosvenor House Hotel, in Mayfair. Guests …
Read More »JTL apprentices benefit from Golden Ticket initiative
JTL heating and plumbing apprentices are being given the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to Monument Tools factory in Surrey and £400 worth of tools for them and their employer in JTL’s new ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ inspired Golden Ticket initiative. JTL, with the help of …
Read More »The first graduates of H&B’s Development Group
JTD Building Supplies has become the first graduate from H&B’s innovative Development Group into the primary H&B Guying Group. A combination of turnover growth, gold standard levels of compliance, and real improvements in profitability thanks to unrivalled buying deals, have made Yorkshire-based JTD a worthy candidate for elevation to the …
Read More »Hertfordshire-based Ebberns are celebrating 35 years
Hertfordshire-based Ebberns Ltd, a plumbing, heating and bathroom merchant and proud member of The IPG, is celebrating a strong 35 years in business. The company was first established as a plumbing and heating trade counter in 1983 by Chris Garroway and it was originally based in Ebberns Road. The trade …
Read More »BWF Comment on the Autumn Budget
Helen Hewitt, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation, commented on the announcement of the autumn budget last week and what it could mean for the construction industry. “We were pleased to see some positive measures which will help smaller businesses offer apprenticeships. The £695m initiative to reduce the cost of apprenticeship training …
Read More »Bristol Building Supplies joins PHG
PHG Buying Limited (PHG) is very pleased to announce Bristol Building Supplies Ltd (BBS) will be joining the membership from January 1st 2019. BBS is a long established business led by Managing Director Lee Hooper, who together with his senior team have ambitious plans to continue the recent expansion in sales …
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