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Fusion Utilities and Burdens have launched their new product guides featuring the brand’s Essential Product Range (EPR), a customer-inspired commitment to hold 1,500 lines, at mandated levels, across all branches.       The new product guides will see all its Civils and Utilities products brought together into a pocket-sized …

Travis Perkins’ Regional Operations Manager and Mental Health First Aider, Jane Downey took to the skies of Lancashire and jumped 15,000 feet in a 120mph tandem skydive to show her support for Macmillan Cancer Support. Downey was joined by 25 of her colleagues from the Travis Perkins & Benchmarx Kitchens …

On the 21st October 2022, Richard Hill was installed as the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants (WCoBM) at one of London’s historic Livery Halls – Stationers’ Hall. During his year in office, the Master will be supported by Senior Warden Alan Hawkins and Junior Warden Stephen …

  By mutual agreement IBMG have agreed to leave NBG as at 31st December 2022 as both organisations believe that their best interests would be served by following their own strategies and negotiations in the future.   Nick Oates, managing director of NBG said: “The decision to part ways was …

An organisation that supports people in poverty in Exeter and Torquay has won a community award from Selco Builders Warehouse. Punk Against Poverty CIC has secured £500 worth of building materials through its Community Heroes campaign. The organisation provides free school uniforms to children in need and will use the …

James Freedman, the only person to have picked the pocket of the Governor of the Bank of England, the Prime Minister, and His Majesty the King, will be demonstrating his encyclopaedic knowledge of deception at the BMF All Industry Conference 2023. They say it takes a thief to catch a …

Jewson completed the ’Taking on the Thames’ challenge on October 14, raising money for its two charity partners, Band of Builders and Barnardo’s. 44 Jewson team members undertook the 26.2-mile walk, which started at the Jewson Staines branch on Gresham Road at 7am, and ended at London’s O2 Arena later …

Keystone Live is continuing its webinar series holding its third and fourth debates this November. Featuring expert speakers and covering a range of topics and issues, the last two debates will focus on how the industry is tackling climate change and designing with non-combustible materials. On November 3, the webinar …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has called on the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to support a national retrofit strategy that would create 500,000 new jobs across the UK and help achieve the country’s Net Zero ambitions by 2050. Over 120 people attended the BMF’s Annual Parliamentary Reception at the House …

Selco Builders Warehouse has made further progress on its sustainability journey by undertaking a major installation of solar panels at a branch for the first time. Selco’s Barking branch has benefitted from the installation of more than 220 solar panels, which is already generating up to 40 per cent of …