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This National Apprenticeship Week, The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is encouraging employers to engage in the week-long celebration to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships and skills make to individuals, construction employers and the wider construction industry. CITB has shared updated figures for its New Entrant …

Trade kitchen supplier Howdens has announced it will be the headline partner of the Kitchen Fitter Arena at InstallerSHOW 2026. The 2026 programme will feature a full schedule of hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, and installer-led sessions, all focused on real-world installation challenges, improving standards on site, and helping installers thier …

Kitchen supplier Howdens has announced the opening of three new depots in the Republic of Ireland. The new openings, in Navan, Galway and Wexford, will create 19 new jobs, including sales kitchen designers and depot management teams. This will bring the total number of Howdens depots to 33 across the …

Kitchen supplier Howdens has raised over £80,000 for this year’s Movember campaign, helping the company reach a total fundraising figure for the men’s health charity of £205,000 over the last three years. A team of 60 staff members took part in an Expo-Expo run from Raunds in Northamptonshire to Howden …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has started work on a major expansion of its Runcorn cabinet making facility. The £100m investment will increase the size of the site by 40 per cent, from 500k sq. ft to 700k sq. ft, and the new factory will house state-of-the-art manufacturing machines to …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has teamed up with national construction charity Band of Builders (BoB) to donate a new Ilfracombe kitchen, in Ash Green and Terracotta, to a couple in Bishop’s Stortford. Builder Mike Shrimpton and wife Christine had been living in a caravan near their property as they …

Howdens colleague Miriam Payne, a Solid Surface Worktops Processor, and Jess Rowe, have completed an unsupported 8,000-plus-mile (15,200 km) Pacific Ocean crossing from Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia. In addition to their record-breaking achievement, the pair , who together form the Seas the Day Ocean Rowing Team, have been rowing …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, unveils the latest finished project in its Game Changer Programme at Hedinghams United FC in Sible Hedingham, Essex, alongside footballing legend and Game Changer ambassador, Chris ‘Kammy’ Kamara MBE.  The Howdens Game Changer Programme is a national community outreach campaign that works with grassroots football …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has announced TradeFest 2025, launching exclusive deals and  giving tradespeople nationwide the chance to win a prize worth over £45,000. The prize includes a new van, and £8,000 worth of tools, plus road tax and insurance. Launching on September 8, customers will be automatically entered, …

Howdens, the trade kitchen supplier, has extended its free tool marking kit pilot as new research shows a third of tradespeople have been affected by tool theft Howdens will give away free tool marking kits to tradespeople at its Benton depot on Wednesday, 3rd September to help prevent tool theft …