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Debbie Abrahams MP has pledged to introduce a ten minute rule bill in Parliament ensuring that public sector projects over £500,000 use project bank accounts. Abrahams thinks that her bill would stop small and medium-sized (SME) businesses being paid late by large companies, whilst protecting them from losing any money …
Read More »Local MP visits historic Builders’ Merchants
John Penrose, MP for Weston-Super-Mare has visited local business Bradfords Building Supplies for a tour of their site and to meet staff. Bradfords Building Supplies are a historic success story, as the oldest known merchant at 248 years old, founded in 1770. In what began as a quarrying business, Bradfords …
Read More »Lib Dem Peer confirmed for BMF Members Day
Lord Andrew Stunell, the Liberal Democrat’s spokesperson on the Construction Industry, will speak at the Builders Merchant’s Federation’s annual Members’ Day Business Conference on 27th September. Stunell has been a member of the House of Lords since 2015, following his retirement as an MP. He is currently working with the …
Read More »MP officially opens Golden Houses Developments Harlow Workshop
The new site provides much needed space for leading construction company as it fulfils A-list assignments from Tottenham Hotspur and Mayfair penthouse Golden Houses Developments – the leading London construction company specialising in the high-end residential market – has opened its new 30,000 sq ft joinery workshop in Harlow, Essex. …
Read More »Moray MP visits Keith Builders Merchants to hear expansion plans
Moray MP Douglas Ross visited KBM main branch and head office on Friday 6th July. He met up with Jeff Smith MD and fellow director Kevin Mitchell along with Graham Bolton BMF Regional Manager. During his visit, Jeff Smith gave Douglas Ross a brief history of how KBM started and …
Read More »Sir Vince Cable praises timber merchant Alsford
Twickenham firm Alsford Timber will have to pay millions more upfront to buy European softwood used in local construction if the UK Government does not secure mutually-beneficial customs’ arrangements before the United Kingdom leaves the EU in ten months’ time, That was the message from Alsford Timber, South-West London’s largest …
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