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Selco Builders Warehouse is celebrating raising a mammoth £200,000 for Cancer Research UK. The nationwide builders merchant has been supporting the charity for the last year with customers, colleagues and suppliers joining forces to help beat cancer through a series of fundraising events. These have included taking on the Thames …

Toolstation has raised over £750,000 for its designated charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, in 2022. Since launching the charity partnership in 2020, Toolstation has raised over £1,500,000 for Macmillan, to help fund vital physical, financial, and emotional support for the millions of people living with cancer across the UK. With …

TG Lynes has raised £24,000 for a north London children’s hospice after a year of fundraising, culminating in a charity gala dinner. The Enfield-based company named Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice as charity partner for the last 12 months. Noah’s Ark provides support to babies, children, and young people with life-threatening …

Construction project-starts plummeted by -47% to the end of January 2023, compared with the preceding three months to stand one-third lower than a year ago, according to the February edition of the Construction Review from Glenigan, the construction insight and intelligence provider. Construction-starts remained weak throughout the three months to …

City Plumbing is celebrating a year of significant growth following the opening of 22 new branches last year.   Having boosted its network to over 370 branches across the UK during 2022, all new branches have expert teams on hand to help customers quickly source over 20,000 spares available from …

CTD Tiles Limited (CTD), part of the AURELIUS Group, has acquired 13 UK branches, from Tile Giant. The existing team members will become part of CTD. The transaction will expand CTD’s nationwide network of branches and bolster its commitment to being one of the UK’s leading omni-channel specialist tile distributors. …

England football legend Stuart Pearce has cut the ribbon on a new decorators’ merchant store in Hammersmith. Pearce, who represented England 78 times including nine as captain, was the star attraction as Leyland SDM opened the store at 137-139 King Street. It is Leyland SDM’s 33rd store. Leyland SDM has …

Toolstation is celebrating its 20th year since opening for business in 2003. To kick start the celebrations Toolstation has headed back to Bristol Whiteladies Road where it all began, with the landmark store being the first to open within the business. Earlier this week store colleagues and customers were surprised …

A choice of four interactive workshops at the BMF All Industry Conference in Istanbul, will give delegates an opportunity to discuss some of the most pertinent issues facing the industry. Two 45-minute workshops will be held each day, and delegates will be invited to select which they would like to …

Building products manufacturer, Forterra, has donated £800 to Ashraf Nayel, a PhD student at Imperial College London to progress his research. Ashraf began his PhD in June 2021 under the supervision of Dr Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype and Dr Lorenzo Macorini in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to create a …