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Groundwork and materials supplier Rudridge has appointed Shirley Newton as Assistant Branch Manager at its Brentford branch. Newton, who has extensive experience in the industry working at competitor companies, will be responsible for assisting with the day-to-day running of the depot and working closely with the team to maintain and …

SR Timber has appointed Mark Parkes as Trading Manager as the company gears up for continued growth in 2019. Parkes joins the company – which is a leading importer of timber products and the UK’s largest importer of roofing batten, including its flagship Premium Gold – after serving in the Parachute …

A Master Builder has been appointed to the influential Construction Leadership Council, and will help ensure the Council is more representative of the hundreds of thousands SME firms in our industry, according to the Federation of Master Builder (FMB). Chris Carr, Joint Managing Director of SME house building firm Carr …

Furniture fitting and architectural hardware specialist Häfele UK has appointed Natalie Davenport as its new Head of Marketing. Natalie joins Häfele after four years running her own successful business consultancy firm and brings over 20 years of building industry experience to the company. Previously, she spent seven years at manufacturing …

Independent builders merchant, Builders Merchant Company Ltd has appointed two additional apprentices to the company. Antony Sherrif and Joe Cooper have joined the Hull and Rotherham teams, and will be looking at continuing the successful history of internal development that has taken place in recent years. Within the last three …

Dr Fariz Khellaf has been appointed as Technical Director at Sensio Lighting. Heading the company’s future product developments with a goal to position Sensio as the leading Lighting brand in the UK market. As a qualified multi-lingual, chartered engineer with a doctorate in power electronics and electrical engineering; Khellaf will …

Digby Trading Ltd continues to invest and grow welcoming Richard Banks as the newest member of the team as the new Area Business Manager. With a wealth of knowledge both in and out of the office Richard began his career at Marley Paving as one of their sub-contractors. From here …

Richard Hill of ACO Technologies plc has been appointed BPF Pipes Group President, taking over from retiring President Derek Muckle of Radius Systems. The appointment has a two-year tenure, and began from January 2019. Hill has been in the industry for around 30 years, the last 24 of them as …

Anderton Concrete has appointed Jeremy Parsons as its Structural Products Area Sales Manager for the South West. Parsons joined Anderton Concrete in November 2018, and will be looking after Structural Product sales across the region. In his role he will be working with structural engineers, contractors and builders’ merchants to …

 Rudridge has appointed Richard Arnold to take on its new role of Cast Iron Specialist at its Brentford branch.   Arnold, who joins the company with a wealth of previous experience in the drainage sector, will act as the first point of contact for new and existing clients, and will …