Landscaping specialist Pavestone has announced that it has appointed Tom Parker as a non-executive director with effect from 5 November 2018. In a career spanning 46 years, Parker started his builders’ merchant career at the age of 17, working for MP Harris at the Bexhill on Sea branch. In 1984 …
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Richard Whittington has been appointed as the new Business Development Manager for Wirquin, supporting customers in the South West, Wales and West Midlands region. Whittington had previously worked for 13 years selling a technical pipework system into a variety of commercial industry sectors and this role included looking after a …
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Saniflo has announced the appointment of Fahim Karim as Specification Sales Manager for the South. This new role will focus predominantly on the Kinedo range of cubicles, enclosure and trays. Having graduated from Brunel University in Uxbridge with Masters in Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research, Fahim was subsequently attracted to …
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Elliotts Living Spaces in Ringwood has welcomed two new designers to the showroom. Jemma Collins and Bryony Downs have joined existing designer Lawrence Morgan at the kitchen and bathroom showroom on Pullman Way. Collins joins the team with over 10 years’ experience of designing bathrooms. “I love getting to know the …
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Customers and staff at a Swansea builders merchant have proved ‘great sports’ by raising more than £1,300 for a local hospice. Selco Builders Warehouse, based on Upper Fforest Way in Llansamlet, held a raffle in branch for two Christmas cracker sporting fixtures in the city in aid of Ty Olwen. …
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Setting off on a journey of over 8,000 km with just your bike to carry everything was an ambitious endeavour but that’s what the team at Broke.Bike.Mountain began in July this year. The team then consisted of Louis Blaxill, George Jones and Calum Craig, all aged 23 and who had …
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A thriving junior football club in Hertfordshire has hit the back of the net with a sponsorship deal with one of the country’s leading builders merchants. Broxbourne Borough Youth FC’s Under-9s Royals team will proudly wear the name of Selco Builders Warehouse on their shirts after signing a deal with …
Read More »With one of its key drivers being a commitment to diversity and equality, leading work-based training company JTL, which specialises in the provision of apprenticeships in the electrical and heating and plumbing sectors, has become a Stonewall Diversity Champion. Stonewall will work with JTL and guide the company through an …
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Lakes, the leading manufacturer of innovative showering spaces, appoints Area Sales Manager (ASM) Clare Chase to join its external sales team. Clare will be responsible for driving sales in the Midlands and is replacing ASM Barry Clark, who is moving to cover the South West. Clare is joining an established …
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BLANCO UK has, once again, sponsored an aspiring young kitchen designer, Beth Elson, so that she can progress her career by taking a course with The Kitchen Education Trust (TKET) in Bucks University. Elson completed her first year of the course in June, having been on three trips where she …
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