We have been waiting all this fortenight: Now help us, lord, since it lies in thy might I’m rather inclined to think that pushing the Autumn Budget back from the end of October, as it was last year, to the end of November, was, on balance A Not Good Thing. I …
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The sum of love is what you have to pay for it and any time you get it cheap you have cheated yourself. ‘Never again’, ‘lessons will be learned’, ‘preventative measures’: all phrases that are trotted out in the aftermath of disaster, phrases that, all too often, are just that. …
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The Builder’s Merchant Federation’s (BMF) CEO, John Newcomb, has expressed his disappointment with the chancellor’s Spring budget. He explained that the budget is a “missed opportunity to get Britain building again”, and is designed to buy short term electronical support as opposed to promoting the long-term economic success of the …
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Money makes the world go aroundThe world go aroundThe world go around By and large, how one feels about a Chancellor’s Budget depends upon how much an individual will be fiscally affected by it. Unless you are lucky enough to be able to afford to be altruistic, chances are, the …
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Sales figures for the final quarter of 2019 published today in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) round off a disappointing year for the sector, with a third consecutive quarter of negative growth. There were six less trading days in Q4 compared with Q3, but a comparison of average …
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Management and staff of Merchants Builder JT Dove Ltd are celebrating after hitting a target they set themselves just 18 months ago. Set to coincide with the company’s 150th anniversary, 300 JT Dove colleagues have fundraised through a variety of means to raise £100,000 for a local charity that makes …
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The NMBS Dinner Dance has played its part in fundraising for charitable causes, with an impressive amount being raised once again this year. More than 1,200 guests attended the Dinner Dance on 26th October 2019, coming together to raise thousands in donations for the CRASH charity. Many builders’ merchants and …
Read More »Builders’ merchant Jewson has given away £40,000 in cash to builders across the UK as part of the Jewson Big Cash Giveaway. All customers needed to do to enter the competition was to spend £100 in a Jewson branch or £500 on delivery. Four branches were selected at random and …
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