News

Independent builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies has opened a new doors, floors and ironmongery showroom as part of the continued development of its Lewes branch.

Shower tray manufacturer MX Group has confirmed that a fire at its Tewkesbury manufacturing site damaged one of the three shower tray manufacturing units on the site.

Knauf Insulation, Digby Stone, H+H, Toolbank and Sika Everbuild have again been rewarded for their partnerships with the independent builders merchant buying group NBG.

Mark Jones, national sales manager from Sika/Everbuild, has again been awarded the Account Manager of the Year by the NBG buying group.

A multi-award winning keynote speaker who has inspired audiences from across five continents has been confirmed for the BMF All Industry Conference 2015.

An exemption for small sites from the off-site elements of the zero carbon standard will allow more new homes to be built by small local builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A new recruit at shower company Triton is hoping to buck a national trend by encouraging more young female engineers to follow her lead and take up a career in the manufacturing.

Figures released today (20th November) reveal that the number of contracts for new homes increased for the sixth consecutive month in October and are at the highest level since 2008.

Independent plumbers merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS) has revealed it will open a new branch in Bracknell, Berkshire in January 2015.

Producer of timber panel products, Norbord, is the latest supplier to return to the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).