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Sponsorship packages have completely sold out for the 2020 NMBS All-Industry Conference in Sorrento, Italy. Makita is returning as headline sponsor for the Conference, while the social activities are being sponsored by  suppliers VELUX, Polypipe and Knauf Insulation. The Conference will take place at the Hilton Sorrento Palace between 18th …

London’s Grosvenor House Hotel was the venue for a fantastic night of dancing, networking and entertainment as the NMBS Dinner Dance brought the industry together in celebration of another great year. NMBS is the largest buying society for independent builders’, timber, hardware, and plumbing and heating merchants, and the annual …

NMBS is playing its part in promoting training and skills development across the merchant industry by supporting the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants’ (WCOBM) Bursary scheme. The WCOBM provides bursaries of up to £2,000 per person to help young people in the industry with training, development and skills training. Working …

Independent builders’ merchant buying group NMBS brought together a selection of women from the merchanting industry at its first Women in Industry Conference last Friday (September 13). The brainchild of NMBS finance director Julie Langford, the invitation-only event, held at the London Stock Exchange, was designed to encourage women in the …

Independent builders merchant buying group NMBS is holding its first-ever Women in Industry Conference. The invitation-only Conference will feature speakers including professional footballer Jill Scott and NMBS’ own finance director Julie Langford, who will be speaking alongside keynote speaker Mandy Hickson, and Sally Beavan, a managing director within the Corporate …

Preston-based e-commerce platform provider EKM.com has formed a partnership with NMBS to help independent builders, plumbers, hardware and timber merchants throughout the UK to trade online. NMBS is the most successful buying society in the UK for independent builders, plumbers, hardware and timber merchants and aims to enable members to …

Builders merchants buying organisation the National Merchant Buying Society has announced the venue and dates for its 2020 bienniel conference. Revealed by NMBS commercial director Andy Hextall, during the 2019 BMF All Industry Conference, the conference will be held from June 18th to 21st at the Hilton Sorrento Palace. The …

A new ‘buddy’ system being introduced by NMBS will give independent merchants greater support from the Buying Society’s sales team. The system, which went live in June, will see each member of NMBS’ external sales team buddying up with someone from the internal sales team. Merchants will then receive dedicated …

National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) has been named a Fundraising Champion 2019 by the construction industry charity CRASH, in recognition of its fundraising efforts over the last year and as one of CRASH’s most loyal supporting organisations. Awarded to just a handful of organisations, the charity’s initiative recognises those who …

Midlands-based independent merchant Harlow Bros has joined the National Merchant Buying Society. Harlow Bros is a family-owned business with more than 90 years’ experience in timber, sheet materials, engineered timber, windows, doors and worktops, as well as offering an extensive selection of tools and associated products. Harlow Bros made the …