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Altecnic, the plumbing and heating products manufacturer, has announced that its parent company Caleffi has acquired Cristina - an Italian firm working under the trademarks Cristina Rubinetterie and SILFRA that has been producing top-end taps and fittings since 1949.

QRL Radiator Group has announced it will roll out its trusted Barlo brand across its whole product portfolio in Great Britain from January 2018.

Kingsfold based builders merchant D.W. Nye is helping to raise funds for local Horsham charity Born Free with a Christmas inspired competition ‘Guess how many sweets are hidden inside the Gingerbread House’.

Rudridge will be donating the money they would normally spend on Christmas cards and postage to charity, and giving their customers and suppliers a fun free ‘game of groans’ to play.

The inaugral BMJ Industry Awards will be held on Friday May 18th at a prestigious venue in London.

Builders Merchants Federation and the Electrical Distributors Association have jointly championed the development of a brand new, industry specific Trade Supplier Apprentice Standard.

Elliotts Builders Merchant has taken on six new apprentices into the business.

Four Partner companies in independent builders merchant buying group have added branches as part of their expansion plans.

November saw a modest rebound in UK construction output, with business activity rising at the strongest rate since June, according to the seasonally-adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI® ).

Power tool manufacturer Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., is to chnage its corporate name to Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., with effect from June 1, 2018.