Saffron Walden Mayor Sarfaz Anjum has officially opened a new decorating centre for East Anglian building supplies company Kent Blaxill on the Saffron Walden Shire Hill industrial estate.
Read More »Huws Gray buys Simmonds of Stafford
Anglesey-based builders’ merchants Huws Gray has bought builders’ merchant Simmons of Stafford and specialist plumbing and heating business W.Dop & Son in Pwllheli (Gwynedd).
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Champion’s champion prepares to soar for charity
Kraig Seymour, Yard Sales Manager of the new Weybridge Champion Timber branch is readying himself for his second and final charity fundraising challenge of the summer.
Read More »First diploma awarded on British Gypsum’s training course
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.
Read More »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, ...
Read More »Selco adds two more
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 ...
Read More »Cyclists raise £7,311 for charity
The miles clocked up by long-distance cyclists at Colchester headquartered building supplies company Kent Blaxill have resulted in the presentation of cheques totalling £7,311 to two charities.
Read More »Steve Willis Training celebrate 10 years
Steve Willis Training has been celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their Portchester Training Centre in Hampshire with a spectacular boiler cake.
Read More »Tarmac boosts aerated blocks capabilities at Linford
Tarmac's Building Products division has announced that it is to boost manufacturing of Durox aerated blocks by re-opening the second of its two existing factories at Linford, Essex. Due to open in late 2017, the factory will be upgraded, building upon on Tarmac’s existing nationwide blocks supply capabilities.
Read More »Supplier Collaboration is delivering the goods for H&B group
H&B Buying Group reported strong individual results at their largest ever annual supplier event last week.
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