The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for April 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +0.7% compared to April 2024. However, this was lifted by +4.6% rising prices as volumes sales decreased -3.8% year-on-year. With one less trading …
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Aico, an employment insurance company, has named Sureserve compliance and energy services, as its first-ever Platinum Partner, announcing the partnership live at Housing 2025. The recently launched Platinum Partner initiative is the latest part of Aico’s drive to raising industry standards. Platinum status is given for organisations that meet a …
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A new agreement signed by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Department for Work and Pensions will enable thousands of people to benefit from on-the-job training and career opportunities in the construction sector. The agreement, signed earlier this week at the newly-launched Green Plant Academy at the Earls …
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Chris Dack, IT director at Harris & Bailey, swapped his hardware for handlebars and cycled from London to Brighton on June 15 , before continuing on to Paris, cycling down the iconic Champs-Élysées on June 17 . The Croydon builders’ merchant has supported Dack in his charity challenge as he …
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STARK Building Materials hosted its fourth annual Dragon Boat Race at Draycote Water, raising £79,500 for Band of Builders and Whiteley’s Retreat. The first event featured 180 participants and raised £30,000. Since then, the race has grown with an increasing number of suppliers and colleagues. This year’s event featured 25 …
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Hull based roofing merchant Ford Asphalte has become an NBG Partner, joining a well-established group of roofing merchants within NBG. Other members include Dontell Roofing Supplies in West London, Alltype Roofing Supplies in South East London and Henshaws Roofing & Building Supplies in Manchester. Ford Asphalte will now benefit from …
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Kärcher, the pressure cleaning company, is marking its 90th anniversary with a nationwide community initiative to professionally clean at least nine locations across the UK. The initiative is part of a global programme in which Kärcher will be delivering 90 cleaning projects across the globe marking nine decades of commitment …
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A study by BT in partnership with Be the Business reveals that two in five (39%) SMEs, equivalent to two million businesses, have not arranged cyber security training for their teams – despite four in ten (42%) small businesses having experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months, increasing …
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The Manufacturers Information Hub (The MIH) was formally launched in the UK at Digital Construction Week, at a panel discussion with Fergus Harradence, deputy director, construction, logistics, airports and water, Department for Business and Trade joined by Cristina Sánchez Jiménez of Bovis, Gareth Parkes of Sir Robert McAlpine and Brian …
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A community interest company in Dorset that gives young people and women the chance to learn DIY skills has received a donation of toolkits from Selco Builders Warehouse’s Poole store. The donation included 10 multipurpose toolkits, packed with screwdrivers, hammers, saws, pliers and knives. From North End Farm in Christchurch …
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