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Ibstock Brick, the UK’s largest brick manufacturer, yesterday (28 June 2018) welcomed the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, to formally open its new factory in Ibstock, Leicestershire. The leading brickmaker currently produces more than 850 million bricks a year at …

Family-run charity Holbrook Animal Rescue in Horsham has been awarded with £500 of funding after winning D.W. Nye’s ‘Proud to be Local’ campaign. This was the second chance for local causes to receive funding from the builders’ merchants based in Kingsfold, which is giving away £500 to four different groups …

On 25 June, a team of seven from Saniflo UK set off from the company’s UK headquarters in South Ruislip outside London to cycle approximately 220 miles to SFA Group’s global headquarters close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris in a bid to raise £6,000 for Cancer Research UK as …

The new shop and showroom was officially opened on the 23rd June 2018 by the Mayor of Leamington Spa, Heather Calver. To mark this special occasion the branch held special offers for one day only and exclusive competitions including a free makeover for your room and the chance to win …

York City Knights are hoping to put the foundations in place for a brighter future after receiving the backing of leading builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse. Selco’s York branch, based on Osbaldwick Link Road, is backing the League 1 high-flyers during what is turning out to be a thrilling campaign. …

Chubb Locks Custodial Services (CLCS) marked its 200th anniversary this week, with customers, ex and long-standing employees all coming together at its Willenhall headquarters to celebrate. Designing, manufacturing and installing high performance locking solutions for custodial and high security healthcare and government premises, CLCS has been the expert in its …

Noise pollution is an inevitable fact of life at busy airports, and results in hoteliers in these locations needing to minimise the impact of unwanted noise on their guests. Thanks to a pioneering approach from ROCKWOOL that is based on acoustic performance test data and use of its BBA (British …

 Award-winning BBC business journalist and broadcaster, Joe Lynam, has been confirmed as the latest speaker at the Builders Merchants Federation’s Members’ Day Annual Conference which takes place at St George’s Park on 27th September 2018.  Joe’s business brief covers companies, the economy, EU, UK and Ireland and he regularly appears …

In a new initiative to address the industry’s skills gap, national construction and engineering firm NM Group (North Midland Construction Plc) has launched a training programme for ex-offenders. Providing the skills and opportunities needed for people to turn their lives around, NM Group has helped develop a training academy and …

Ridgeons, the timber and builders’ merchants, raised almost £3,700 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) during Children’s Hospice Week in the last week of May. Colleagues at 14 Ridgeons branches across Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk organised their own fundraising activities including bake sales, raffles, a 30km ‘treadmill challenge’ and …