News

A cheque for over £27,000 was presented to the charity the Teenage Cancer Trust this month by the Builders Merchants Federation, the proceeds of a fundraising auction at the BMF Conference in Budapest.

Five builders merchant companies are on the shortlist to receive a BMF training award from the Builders Merchants Federation this September.

The UK Green Building Council has welcomed the publication of the Mayor of London’s draft London Environment Strategy.

Installers have been reminded of the impact improvements to the fabric of a building can have on the efficiency of a heating system.

The owners of Ultra Finishing Limited announce today, with immediate effect, that the corporate group name – Roxor Group Limited – will be used to encompass all of its subsidiary companies including Ultra Finishing Ltd, BC Designs (INT), Niko Ltd, Portabella Shaw, Shanghai PTB sanitary ware and, soon to be, Fireclay Factory.

A Huddersfield builders merchant has purchased larger premises and plans to hire more staff with support of a £765,000 finance package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

The world-wide recruitment consultancy, PageGroup, has joined the BMF as a Service Member.

RGB Building Supplies marked five years of being part of the Exmouth community on Tuesday 1st August by inviting local residents, and those that work in the trades, to a free celebratory event.  

John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation, got on his bike last weekend and cycled 105km along the Grand Union Canal to raise much-needed funds for a secondary school in Kenya.

Elliotts’ Steven Webber and Darren MacAskill have recently graduated from Birmingham City university with a Masters in Multi Unit Leadership & Strategy.