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With Mental Health Awareness in focus, family owned builders merchants, Chandlers Building Supplies, is putting its weight behind the Construction Industry Helpline. A recent survey reveals that more then half (55%) of those working in the construction trade experienced mental health issues in their lives, a worrying 1 in 4 …

RGB Building Supplies is supporting Children’s Hospice South West’s charity Rainbow Run by sponsoring its blue paint station. Taking place on Saturday 9th June at Exeter’s Westpoint, 2,000 runners are expected to take part in the fundraising event and run, walk or jog their way around the 5k course, meeting …

Irish merchanting group Grafton showed a positive start to the year in January and February followed by a difficult March and start to April. Unseasonably bad weather and freezing temperatures significantly affected the Group’s markets and reduced the rate of growth in average daily like-for-like revenue to 1.3% for the …

The UK construction industry reported a mixed performance in the first quarter of 2018 according to the Construction Products Association’s Construction Trade Survey. The slide in output was partly due to the bad weather in February and march and partly due to the demise of construction giant Carillion. The latest research …

VELUX, known worldwide for making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof, has announced the date of its much anticipated series of Design a Brighter Future Breakfast Events for construction professionals, with the first one taking take place on 6th June between 8am and 10am at The …

The Saniflo macerator is celebrating its diamond anniversary and to celebrate the company is launching a unique prize draw which can be entered by installers each time they purchase one of a range of domestic macerators between 15th May and 31st September 2018. The first Saniflo was launched some six …

The St Ives branch of timber and builders’ merchants Ridgeons kitted out a group of fundraisers for a 78-mile charity walk around 13 London league football stadiums. Their walk (from 12th-14th April) was in aid of children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent. Luke Claxton, who started fundraising after the death of …

The UK’s fastest growing builders merchant has brought its offering to Leicester – marking its sixth branch opening so far in 2018. Selco Builders Warehouse has taken the wraps off branch number 64 in Leicester at a launch event this week, as the builders merchants’ rapid branch expansion continues. The …

Builder’s merchants, JT Dove, has been avid supporters of CHUF (Children’s Heart Unit Fund) for over five years now and the latest donation has pushed their donations over the £100,000 total mark. It has also opened up an amazing opportunity for four merchant trainees to put business practice into action …

Almost 80% of builders are calling for more regulation in the construction industry to end the tyranny of cowboy builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The FMB is calling on the Government to introduce a licensing scheme in construction as part of its new Agenda ‘Raising the …