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The contest has support from four companies within the Keystone Group: IG Masonry Support, Keyfix, IG Lintels and Keystone Lintels. Each brand will not only be lending their name to the competition, they will provide their industry-leading products to ensure entrants are well equipped to showcase their skills. “We are …

Toolstation are hosting a series of supplier days across their 52 stores in the UK this summer. Toolstation have partnered with DEWALT, Google, Einhall, Lueco, KitchenKit, Milwaukee and Tado who will be dispensing advice, giving away free products, offering goodie bags and running competitions. During these events customer will also …

Toolstation has joined forces with its sister company Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest distributor of materials to the construction sector, to support social enterprise Volunteer It Yourself who help young people learn vocational skills and to refurbish a youth club in Rugby. The partnership has transformed The Bradby Club in …

Kooltech is opening a new branch in Bar Hill near Cambridge which will create several new jobs in the area. The UK wholesaler and distributer of air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump solutions opened the branch this week. Visitors will be given the opportunity to meet the new branch team …

Forterra has announced they are launching a Repair, Maintenance and Improvement range of bricks, produced at their factories in Lancashire and Nottinghamshire. The RMI range offers a selection curated from Forterra’s Butterley bricks. Renowned for their heritage appeal and authentic finish, they have been used in the construction of notable …

Bradfords has launched an employee domestic training scheme which aims to reduce energy bills, the scheme will offer employees a free home energy assessment. The scheme is in partnership with local domestic retrofits experts Target CO2, it involves conducting in person home energy surveys to all homeowning employees who have …

Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), the largest independent merchant group in the South of England, has bought Roofing Gear, the specialist roofing merchant in the south west, adding a further three branches and £6m turnover to the Group. Roofing Gear has three branches in Yeovil, Dorchester and Poole, and will continue …

David Kilburn, co-founder of MKM Building Supplies, has been awarded a CBE in the first King’s Birthday Honours, for his services to the construction industry, and to charity.   Commander of the Order of the British Empire is the highest ranking award below a knighthood, given for having “a conspicuous …

Almost half of UK homeowners (45%) are planning home improvements within the next two years according to new research by Häfele UK. Interior decorating (29%), a new kitchen (23%) and bathroom renovations (21.4%) were the top choices for those planning home improvement works, with new flooring (21%) and new doors …

Builders merchant MKM, has bought five sites from Midlands independent family-owned merchant John Nicholls Trading Ltd. Founded in 1965 by late chairman John Nicholls, the group has grown significantly over the years from one branch in Banbury to over 25 sites covering Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, and Dorset. MKM has bought …