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After nearly ten years at the helm of the industry charity Rainy Day Trust, chief executive officer Bryan Clover has announced he will be retiring at the end of June. The search is now underway to appoint a new CEO to lead the organisation into its next chapter. Clover has …

Braving sub-Arctic temperatures and unforgiving terrain, Andrew Craig, an account manager at Travis Perkins Managed Services, completed a gruelling two-day ski expedition in February to raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Society in honour of his father, who is living with dementia. The challenge saw Craig traverse frozen lakes …

The sharpest pace of job losses since October 2020, drops in new orders and lower volumes of construction output for three consecutive months took the headline S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI®) to 46.4 in March. Although this was up from a 57-month low of 44.6 in February, …

In 2025, SR Timber is celebrating a significant milestone: 20 years in business. Shaun Revill, the current trading director and the “SR” in SR Timber co-founded the company in 2005. As an industry expert in timber roofing battens, Revill possesses extensive knowledge about every aspect of production, from log processing …

The BMF (Builders Merchants Federation) and NMBS (National Merchant Buying Society) have formed a strategic partnership to launch an Industry Data Pool. The initiative aims to create a centralised, digital platform for seamless product data exchange within the building materials sector. The Industry Data Pool will provide an industry-owned resource …

Intact, the global provider of software solutions for merchant and wholesale distribution, has launched GenetiQ, its  new cloud-native, browser-based ERP solution. The new system offers a level of personalisation and flexibility previously unavailable in the cloud.  It has been designed to adapt to the unique needs of every business, with …

The NMBS Exhibition next week will feature footballing legend John Barnes on the ArtificialGrass.com stand. The ex-England international winger, who has almost 600 appearances at club level for Liverpool, Watford and Newcastle and 79 England caps to his name, was voted “England’s greatest ever left-footed player”. He will be stepping …

Heidelberg Materials has created a new suite of digital marketing assets to help merchants maximise their sales, margins and profits. The company’s transition from Hanson to Heidelberg Materials is complete and its  new look packaging is now available throughout the supply chain. The new assets  support this and include social …

MKM is purposefully stepping back into a pair of signature pants for the fourth year of its ‘Check Your Tools’campaign. In partnership with The OddBalls Foundation, Toolbank, and DeWalt, the builders’ merchant is raising awareness of testicular cancer among tradespeople and encouraging tradies and the public to ‘talk tackle’ with …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw operating profits wiped out, as it slipped to a pre-tax loss profit loss of -£77m, for the year ended December 31 2024, on group sales revenue that was, at £4.607bn, 4.7% down on the year before. The fall was, it said, driven by price …