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Merchants are being offered the chance to win a £500 Buyagift voucher as part of a nationwide competition from Ibstock to celebrate the upcoming launch of two new additions to its ever popular Tradesman range.

BMJ and the Builders Merchants Federation have launched the 2017 Young Achiever Awards and the entry forms are available for download here.

Baxi Heating has acquired Packaged Plant Solutions to strengthen and grow its existing packaged plant room offer in line with market demands.

Plumb Center has launched a dedicated commercial plumbing and heating section on its website designed to make life easier for installers looking for commercial-grade products and helpful advice.

Baxi Heating’s UK and Ireland marketing director Andrew Keating has been appointed as the new president of the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA).

Leading work-based training specialist JTL has put together a guidance package for employers to explain the intricacies of the new funding rules being introduced by the Government from May 2017.

It should be noted that these funding ...

“Our negotiating aim is a bold and ambitious free trade agreement, greater in scope than any such agreement before” was the message from David Jones, Minister for Exiting the European Union to the Builders Merchants’ Federation (BMF).

Leading boiler manufacturer Baxi has come up trumps at the Gas Industry Awards by securing honours for energy efficiency and customer service.

British-grown timber, often in the shape of carcassing and decking, is already an unseen element in many builders’ merchants’ ranges. Utilizing the marketing advantage of British-grown timber as a merchant differentiator is demonstrated in a new leaflet for the merchant sector produced by Grown in Britain.

The latest figures from the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirmed a strong start to 2017 with a further three months of growth in the sales of building materials through UK generalist builders’ merchants in Q1.