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Toolstation, the trade and DIY retailer has today launched three new fragrances inspired by the building and decorating trade. Sawdust Seduction, Plumbers Paradise and Welding Whisper are  aimed at tradespeople and DIYers looking to smell scents-sational. Available in three fragrances, Toolstation customers can now enjoy scents of sawdust, plumbing and …

The annual City & Livery Awards lunch of the builders merchants’ Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants saw awards presented to a number of recipients across the merchant sector, as well as from the company’s affiliate organisations. The event celebrated the next generation of builders’ merchants, giving them …

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. The UK housing market is like one of those plants with massive long, deep-set roots, that burrow away and puts up shoots all over the place. Yet it’s in a mess. Although …

Revenue at brick maker Ibstock fell 21% to £406m for the year ending December 31 2023, taking pre-tax profits down 71% to £30m, on the back of the slowdown in the new housebuilding market, and  an exceptional charge of £31 million,   following the restructuring programme undertaken during the year. The …

Adaptavate, the pioneer in developing and industrialising low-carbon and carbon-nega6ve construction materials has commissioned the world’s first pilot line capable of producing Breathaboard in a continuous, integrated, and scalable process. Breathaboard is a revolutionary bio-based, carbon sequestering alternative to plasterboard. It is produced, specified and installed in the same way …

Builders merchant buying group IBC held its biennial member and supplier awards and exhibition at the end of last month, with Mannok and Toolbank taking home the two supplier awards, and Pay;less DIY picking up the top member prize. Held at the Whittlebury Hall Hotel near Silverstone, venue for the …

PaintWell, a well-established national decorators merchant, TradeKart, the app-based marketplace specialising in rapid deliveries for tradespeople has teamed up with decorators merchant group PaintWell, and plumbing & heating merchant Tucker French. These strategic partnerships enables tradespeople to access over 5000 products from the PaintWell’s range and the Tucker French range …

Independent, family-owned builders merchant Beesley & Fildes has continued to boost its environmental sustainability strategy, with a £7m investment in a new fleet of vehicles. The company  has purchased a total of 21 DAF trucks from Motus Commercials. All have been designed to lower emissions and comply with the Government’s …

What else are you going to do over four days in a car that cost you less than £500 to buy, with three colleagues, a boot-load of fancy dress costumes, and the challenge of getting to Milan in one piece? The 2023 Pavestone Rally, raising money for four amazing charities, …

 We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. We are at that time of year when school halls are filled with pupils opening envelopes to greater or lesser degrees of joy and relief, as they receive their A level and GCSE results. …