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Knauf Insulation picks up first  h&b award

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Insulation manufacturer Knauf Insulation has won the inaugural Peter Buttle Trophy for Supplier of the Year to independent builders merchant buying group h&b.

 

 

The award recognises excellence of merchant suppliers, and was presented by ...

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John Nicholls opens super merchant site

Oxfordshire-based builders and plumbers merchant John Nicholls has opeed a new branch in Bicester.

 

The new site is the largest single site within the Nicholls Group, covering 40,000sq ft. This includes a large builders' and plumbers' merchant, ...

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First diploma awarded on British Gypsum’s training course

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Allan Orr, a sales coordinator at SIG Construction Accessories in Glasgow, has recently become the first person to receive a diploma in British Gypsum Products and Systems Knowledge after completing both British Gypsum’s e-Learning for Resellers and the Pure Practical course with a score of 100 per cent.

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Builder’ funding will ease housing crisis

The creation of a dedicated fund aimed at lending to SME house builders, as announced by Philip Hammond and Sajid Javid at the Conservative Party Conference, will help to ease the housing criris in the UK, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, ...

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Selco adds two more

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Selco Builders Warehouse will have more than 50 branches by the middle of 2017.

 

That' according to chief executive Chris Cunliffe, who announced the ambitious target at the same time as the merchant opened two new branches in Wolverhampton and ...

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