Tag Archives: Birmingham

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has expanded its Birmingham Central branch, more than doubling its size. The site, Located on South Road in Hockley, was previously an acre in size but it is now roughly 2.2 acres after work to improve its flagship Birmingham branch was completed in December 2025. The improved …

A Birmingham-based builders merchant has opened a design centre featuring the largest accessible commercial brick display in Britain, and the biggest showcase of bricks in Europe. EH Smith Architectural Solutions, part of the EH Smith Group, has opened the landmark Digbeth Design Centre in a sensitively restored 150-year-old industrial building …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced the nominations for the Most Engaged Builders Merchant, a new Award which will be presented at the annual BMF Members Conference on September 18 at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. The Award highlights and celebrates merchants for their engagement with the BMF. The …

 The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced the theme for its Annual Members’ Day Conference and Awards in September. Focusing  “Engaging with the Future”, the event, which includes the BMF Awards will return to the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham on 17 and 18 September. It will be hosted for the …

Jewson has announced the winners of its first ever Making Better Homes Awards, with thousands of public votes cast to decide the competition’s winners. The merchant launched its awards to recognise the industry heroes who are going above and beyond in the delivery of energy efficient, safe and comfortable homes. …

Haldane Fisher has been fined £380,000 after one of its staff members fell and suffered a brain injury while working at its Walsall site; pleading guilty to breaching Sections 2 (1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The incident occurred when Timothy Bates was …

New data has shown that there is over 141,000 active vacancies across the top tradespeople roles, 51,683 of these vacancies are builders’ roles. Metals4U, who published the data, analysed the job vacancies on Indeed, Total Jobs and LinkedIn to find the most in-demand trade roles in the country. Paul McFadyen, …

Research suggests that the money “wasted” on HS2 could have covered the purchase of over 280,000 new homes across the locations due to benefit from the project. The research, from Stripe Property Group, looked at how the £92bn wasted on HS2 could have helped boost the housing market, and said …

Selco Builders Warehouse has announced it will help extend and refurbish a Sikh temple in Birmingham. The merchant is providing the products and materials for temporary toilets to be constructed to enable the building to stay operational while the work is carried out. Ranjit Singh, a committee member of the …

A year on from purchasing the former Wheelers Timber and Builders’ Merchants in Erdington, the store is doing a roaring trade. The site was previously owned by the Bromley family and has been a mainstay in the town for almost 100 years. Three of them still work at the branch …