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Palladium Building Supplies were pleased to donate Kingsbridge Primary School Gardening Club with a new pink Wheelbarrow and a range of Children’s Gardening Tools. After the success of their Mother’s Day pink wheelbarrow giveaway and after being contacted by the school who wished to purchase a new wheelbarrow, Palladium decided to …

The generous team at Covers Timber and Builders Merchants has presented three local hospices with £16,950 of funds following a fundraising campaign to help charities in the community. Covers’ Help for Hospices, which runs for one week each year, included a Builders’ Bake Off where budding chefs showcased the best …

A shortage of brownfield sites could hamper the Mayor of London’s plans to solve the capital’s housing crisis. That was the message that builders merchants trade association, the Builders Merchants Federation delivered to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP, when he visited West London builders merchant Lords last week. McDonnell was …

Nearly 200 construction companies and industry figures from across England and Wales gathered in The Midlands to celebrate outstanding contributions made to the built environment, and the high quality work and commitment delivered by NFB members across the regions. Hosted by stand-up comedian Dominic Holland, the sixth annual awards ceremony …

Baxi is sponsoring Expert Trades Live, a series of specialised training courses aimed at helping installers to build a professional and profitable business. The first session, a crash course in marketing, will be held on three different dates at various Baxi training centres across the UK. It all kicks off …

A 29-year-old woman has died after being hit by a load dropped from a tower crane. The victim was passing a Higgins Homes site in east London on Tuesday morning (March 27th) when the crane dropped a pallet of bricks. Police in Tower Hamlets are appealing for witnesses after launching …

With exactly one year until Brexit, construction employers in the UK are praising the quality of their EU workers and encouraging them to stay, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A 28-year-old woman is fighting for her life after being hit by a load dropped from a tower crane. The victim was passing a Higgins Homes site in east London on Tuesday morning when the crane dropped a pallet of bricks. Police in Tower Hamlets are appealing for witnesses after …

A new ‘Dedicated Strategy for Small Housebuilders’ is set to reverse the decline in the number of new homes built by small builders, which has plummeted to just 2,500 today from 12,000 in 1998. The Cross-Party MPs leading the report said: “We have many legitimate disagreements with each other on …

Gloucestershire based shower enclosures specialists, Lakes Bathrooms, are launching a new collection of shower enclosures specifically for pets.

Lakes Bathrooms is a company focused on providing a showering experience that applies to the ...