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Independent builders merchant buying group, National Buying Group has updated its online Hub to Version 3, making business-critical data more accessible for its Partners. The NBG Hub, which also houses NBG’s Product Information Management system, is an online platform developed by specialist buying group developer, eBiz, for Partners and Suppliers …

Guernsey-based plumbing and heating specialist, Duquemin & Ozanne has joined independent builders merchant buying group NBG, the first new partner for the group this year. Servicing the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Duquemin & Ozanne offers design services – working with architects, plumbing engineers and homeowners to provide bespoke heating systems. Duquemin …

National Buying Group has appointed Stephen Harrison, formerly CEO of Forterra plc, as its new Non-Executive Chair, succeeding David Szymanski, who retired at the end of last year. Harrison has over 22 years’ experience in the building products sector, having having led Forterra from 2012, steering it through a divestment …

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG took on 14 new Partners and Associates in 2024, finishing up with M.A. Grigg, a specialist agricultural merchant in Cornwall. The family-run business has been in operation since 1970, on Pendennis Farm, St. Austell, growing from a small farm shop in a converted pig …

Independent merchant buying group NBG4 celebrated its Suppliers and Engaged Partners last night (November 19) at a glittering gala dinner to round off its 2024 Supplier Summit Conference and Exhibition. Held at the ICC, next to the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, the Supplier Awards are voted or by the …

Family-run plumbing and heating merchant, Mirage Heating & Plumbing Supplies Ltd, has joined National Buying Group (NBG). The Tooting-based business serves much of South-West London, providing a wide range of plumbing and heating supplies, including boilers, smart controls and underfloor heating technology. Raj Bharje, Director at Mirage, said: “Joining NBG …

Buxton-based independent merchant Fairfield Builders Supplies is the sixth merchant to become a Partner of National Buying Group this year. The family-run, one-branch merchant serves the East-Midlands and the North-West, offering a full range of building and landscaping materials as well as specialising in plumbing and heating supplies, including a …

Merchants are facing a growing threat to their profits from inadequate back-office systems that are unable to automatically track the increasingly rapid movement in Supplier prices. The concerns have been raised by National Buying Group (NBG) which reports that its own state-of-the-art PIM (Product Information Management) software is being updated …

Leicestershire-based merchant P&R Building Supplies has joined National Buying Group as a Partner. Family-owned P&R has been in business since 1983, selling landscaping and gardening supplies, plumbing and drainage products along with general building supplies. It has branches in Coalville and Loughborough. Managing Director, Lee Glover says: “Although it was …

LMR Building Supplies has launched a new specialist timber division as a result of the wealth of Supplier information and deals the business has access to through National Buying Group (NBG). LMR Timber Supplies has been launched, operating in Findeon, Northamptonshire, at the same location as LMR Building Supplies, to …