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MKM Building Supplies (MKM) has achieved a Silver Medal in its third sustainability assessment by EcoVadis with a score of 70/100, placing MKM in the top 15% of assessed companies worldwide. MKM’s score has increased by 28 points since its first EcoVadis assessment, reflecting tangible improvements across environmental impact, labour …

Leading decorating and DIY specialist Leyland has re-launched its popular Big School Makeover initiative, which will see three London schools win a share of a £10,000 prize fund. One winning school will receive £5,000 to spend at any of Leyland’s 35 stores across the capital, while two runners-up will secure …

National Buying Group (NBG) is backing the industry’s move to a shared product-data platform that will make it easier for merchants to access product information, and manage sales and purchases more efficiently. Building Materials Digital Services (BMDS), a joint venture between the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and NMBS, in which …

Paul Bristow, Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, visited David Smith in St Ives, a 65-year old joinery and timber engineering business, to see its contribution to homes, commercial & public buildings. The visit was arranged by the Builders Merchants Federation as part of its industry and parliament programme, to show politicians …

Baxi has unveiled an uncapped cashback offer, making £300 available to installers for every three Baxi 600 or 800 boilers installed and registered on Baxi Works. Running from September 1 to January 5 2026, the promotion applies to all models within the Baxi 600 and 800 ranges. Baxi Works members …

Grant UK and Bath Rugby have delivered their Kick The Carbon campaign into primary schools for a second year. Throughout the 2024/25 season, more than 1,200 local school children took part, learning about sustainability and how everyone can make changes to become more environmentally friendly. Starting as a social media …

Supplier of building solutions, wienerberger, has donated more than £40,000 worth of products to the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in Leeds. Leeds Hospitals Charity have raised £6.8m to fund the new centre and create a landmark building fully able to support the treatment of MND, inspired …

Huws Gray Partnership Solutions, a specialist division of Huws Gray Group, has renewed its contract with ODS for a further three years, following a successful four-year partnership. ODS’ repairs service and Huws Gray Partnership Solutions have worked closely over the past four years to implement a market leading materials supply …

  Roofing specialist BMI has released free pitched roofing courses for the second half of 2025 to tackle the skills shortage in the roofing industry. According to the latest National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) State of the Roofing Industry Report, 47% of roofing contractors struggle to recruit skilled workers. …

Figures released in the latest BMF Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirm sales growth for the second successive quarter, following two years of consistent declines, but the outlook is far from certain.  Looking at the quarter as a whole, year-on-year total value sales in Q1 2025 grew by +2.8% on …