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A campaign to tackle the growing problem of knife crime in Nottingham is being supported by the independent builders merchant Frank Key for the sixth year.    The ‘Taken Too Soon’ campaign works with local communities to help disadvantaged young people with the aim to tackle the increasing number of …

Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Answer me this, gentle reader. Does anyone ever start …

Ideal Standard International, the bathroom solutions manufacturer, has opened a new £1 million showroom in the architectural hub of Clerkenwell, in London. The  four-storey London Design and Specification Centre was created to bring together a variety of industry professionals, from architects and designers to project developers and specifiers. Group CEO …

Merchants and suppliers learned of the importance of focusing on their employees – and their own – mental health at the  opening session of the BMF All-Industry Conference 2019 last weekend (June 13 – 16). TV presenter Nick Knowles, mental health campaigners Jonny Benjamin MBE and Neil Layborne, security expert …

The Inverness branch of civils, drainage and heavy building materials supplier, Keyline, has become a Hepworth Clay Premier Plus stockist. This means the branch can offer a broader portfolio of products to its customers and enjoy a range of benefits. The scheme rewards committed stockists of Hepworth Clay products and …

The UK’s oldest builders merchant Bradfords Building Supplies, has unveiled its new focus on its builders merchant business, having sold off two businesses – Snows Timber and Crendon in the last year. CEO David Young is leading the reinvestment in the core business which is due to report the highest …

Grafton Group plc, the international builders merchant and DIY Group, saw group revenue rise 6.1 per cent to £962 million (four months to 30 April 2018 £907 million) and by 6.5 per cent in constant currency.  Group like-for-like revenue increased by 6.4 per cent. The group has issued a trading …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw group like-for-like sales growth of 7.3% and total sales growth of 5.4% in the first quarter of 2019, compared with the same period a year previously. A trading update issued this morning (May 8) showed strong merchanting like-for-like sales growth of 10.6%, the continued …

The IBC Buying Group has announced the appointment of Dave Robertson as its new Commercial Director. Robertson has more than 35 years’ experience in the construction industry, including time spent as Commercial Director of a leading national merchant chain within Grafton Group. More recently, he played a fundamental role in the …

Builders merchanting is better than most other sectors in paying men and women equally, research has found. By law, all companies, charities and public sector departments of 250 employees or more must publish their gender pay gap figures. Figures obtained by the BBC showed overall, the median pay gap in …