RGB Building Supplies has opened a brand-new branch on Threemilestone Industrial Estate in Truro. The new Truro site will be supplying a wide range of building materials, landscaping goods, decorating products, and plumbing and heating supplies. The opening of the branch has brought 11 new jobs to the area. RGB …
Read More »Travis Perkins partners with Northampton Saints
Travis Perkins’ and Northampton Saints’ Christmas Toy Collection returns for its ninth year. Ahead of Christmas, Travis Perkins has teamed up with Northampton Saints and the Northampton Saints Foundation to share donations from the club’s supporters and Travis Perkins’ colleagues and customers to support families in need, and young people …
Read More »Tobermore donate retaining wall to Children In Need build
Irish paving and walling manufacturer, Tobermore, has donated Secura Grand retaining wall blocks for DIY SOS: The Big Build for Children in Need. The Big Build for Children in Need saw a new home for the Getaway Girls built from the ground up in just 13 days. Getaway Girls is …
Read More »BMF welcomes new Energy Efficiency Taskforce
The BMF has welcomed the announcement in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement of a new Energy Efficiency Taskforce (EETF) to drive improvements in energy efficiency to reduce the UK’s energy consumption from buildings and industry, and to bring down bills for all. The BMF has been calling for a long-term National …
Read More »Parker Building Supplies employee takes on charity boxing match
Luke Tuffield, a branch manager from Parkers Building Supplies will take part in a men’s charity boxing show on December 3, raising vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Luke Tuffield said: “Cancer has touched my family more than once and the work the amazing team at Macmillan Cancer Support do …
Read More »Travis Perkins launches new Hire Product Guide
Travis Perkins Hire, which is part of Travis Perkins plc, has launched its latest Hire Product Guide. The guide boasts a range of over 70,000 products. The product guide also now includes a range of battery, electric plant and solar powered products that enable a reduction of ‘In Use’ carbon …
Read More »Covers acquires Wingham Timber
Covers Timber and Builders Merchant has acquired Wingham Timber and Mouldings, based near Canterbury in Kent. Wingham Timber is an independent timber merchant supplying construction grade timber, sheet materials, internal mouldings, wooden flooring, garden fencing and decking materials, along with timber for garden structures. It has a range of fencing …
Read More »Tile Giant launches Christmas promotion
Tile Giant has teamed up with Rubi to bring its trade rewards customers an exclusive promotion in the run up to Christmas. The 12 days of Christmas giveaway will see trade rewards customers have the opportunity to win one of 78 prizes from Rubi including Slab Cutters, Knee Pads, Speed …
Read More »Selco recognised at ‘Best Companies’ awards
Selco Builders Warehouse has been officially recognised as one of the best companies to work for in the UK. The builders merchant featured on the elite list of 25 businesses with more than 2,000 employees as part of the ‘Best Companies’ awards. Selco finished 17th on the ‘big companies’ list …
Read More »“Substantially more” required of Autumn Statement says CPA
While welcoming the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s inclusion of economic growth as one of his three key priorities of today’s Autumn Statement, the Construction Products Association believes that more could be done more quickly. Key announcements that the CPA has welcomed include: New funding for a further £6.6bn for retrofitting buildings …
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