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Merchants and suppliers should focus on growing the core of their business in order to build the success of the brand, said brand expert David Taylor at the NMBS Conference 2014 in Tenerife last week.

The managing director of the National Merchant Buying Society Chris Hayward took to the stage at the society's biennial industry conference at the weekend (19th to 22nd June) to talk about branding and to update delegates on the NMBS's progress in its merger with fellow buying group Unimer.

Brand expert Rita Clifton, a former CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi, told the NMBS Conference 2014 that "not every industry gets how important branding is".

Builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is holding its 2015 conference in Malta

Details of a major publicity campaign by the UK Government to promote its new home improvement incentive scheme to households in England and Wales have been seen by the Builders Merchants' Federation.

Two Howarth Timber and Building Supplies employees have been appointed to the Board of Governors at the Institute of Builders Merchants (IoBM) and will work on a voluntary basis.

The NMBS Conference 2014 kicks off tomorrow (June 19) and the BMJ team will be working hard to ensure that both delegates and readers get up-to-the-minute information from the conference programme.

Shower manufacturer Kohler Mira has been awarded over £200,000 in damages and costs from the Bristan group, following infringement of Mira's unregistered designs.

Plumbers merchant chain Wolseley UK - parent company of Plumb and Parts Center, bcg, Drain and Pipe Center and Burdens - has received a Silver Payroll Giving Quality Mark from the Charities Aid Foundation.

Timber importer and distributor Snows Timber has provided a range of timber materials to help two world-famous festivals.