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 After 67 years of service, working for four generations of the same family, Barry Loughran has retired from A. Perry Ltd at the age of 82, having joined as a factory apprentice in 1959. Loughran rose to become a factory supervisor, a role he held for many years. At 65 …

Builders merchant Huws Gray has been fined over £2m after one of its workers was crushed to death by a pallet of timber. Paul Coulson, 56, was removing plastic packaging from pallets of timber before they could be processed at the the company’s Herringswell Sawmills, in Bury St Edmonds. He …

Independent family-owned builders merchant group Lawsons has donated materials to help people in Jamaica whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed by a hurricane. Hurricane Melissa wreaked devastation across Jamaica from 21st October to November 4th 2025.  The CEO of Trizone Electrical Services Ltd, Tazio Heath, is a long-term contractor to …

To unpack the thinking behind the BMF’s Branch of the Future Report, Fiona Russell Horne sat down with Tom Diplock, partner at L.E.K Consulting, which conducted the research supporting the report. They discussed how the work originated, what it reveals about the sector’s evolution, and why the report should be …

Rt Hon Sir James Cleverly MP, who was one of the few Cabinet ministers to have served as Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary, will be a headline speaker at the BMF Members Day conference. Cleverly’s career stretches over the military, business, local and national politics and he remains a …

The new Baxi ASHP Pre-plumbed Cylinder is designed specifically to work with Baxi ASHPs, to provide optimal heating and hot water performance while helping homeowners save energy. Much of the pipework and fittings are already in place, and the cylinder comes pre-wired, further simplifying and reducing time needed on electrical …

Kent Blaxill, the Essex builders merchant which has been trading in Colchester for over 180 years, is to close its doors on Saturday July 12th, according to an email seen by the town’s local newspaper. The Colchester Gazette reports that Kent Blaxill, a builders merchant in Layer Road, which began …

REHAU UK’s building solutions division has appointed Jack Trivett as area sales manager for the Southwest of England and the South of Wales, focused on their pre-insulated pipe systems in a move to support the growing district heating market. Trivett joined REHAU in September 2020 as a product management assistant, …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has officially opened a new, larger branch in Rickmansworth.   The branch at the Olds Approach Industrial Estate branch, off Tolpits Lane, will offer building materials, a hire service, and a new state-of-the-art Benchmarx kitchen showroom. Rickmansworth branch manager Ersin Selim said that the new branch …

Builders merchant Travis Perkins must demolish a new warehouse that Bolton Council has described as  ‘jarring’ and ‘in stark contrast’ to surrounding brick buildings, and that did not receive planning permission. The new building replaced an existing warehouse which Travis Perkins said was dangerous and had partially collapsed and the roof …