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Little Miracles, a Peterborough-based charity, which supports families of children with additional needs, disabilities and life-limiting conditions, has received a donation of materials from a local Selco branch. The charity has been able to add an outdoor area to it’s garden room, part of the charity’s Peterborough head office, thanks …

Frank Elkins, CEO of Selco and GB Distribution at Grafton Group plc, has been elected to the Board of the Builders Merchants Federation for a second term, starting on  April 1 2025. Elkins has already served as a BMF Board member for two years, from April 2021 to April 2023, …

Always two there are, a master and an apprentice. It’s National Apprenticeships Week, so it’s fitting that I begin this with a congratulatory slap on the back for the Builders Merchants Federation, which has hit its target of 15,000 by 2030 five years early. With target management like that, there’s …

A charity that provides essential youth services in Slough is planning upgrades to its High Street facility after winning the support of a leading builders merchant in a national competition. Together As One has been named as a monthly winner in Selco Builders Warehouse’s Community Heroes competition, securing £500 to …

Selco Builders Warehouse has started providing training for its near 3,000-strong workforce as part of the “Better Banter” programme. The initiative has been provided as part of a joint partnership between Halborns Law and the Builders Merchant Federation. Sally Kerr, HR director for Selco Builders Warehouse, said: “We have strong, …

A recently-founded Southampton charity which supports people living with dementia, poor mental health or in social isolation across Hampshire and Dorset has claimed success in a national community competition. The Memory Box Foundation, which was established in 2021 and supports more than 6,000 people a year, has been named as …

Selco Builders Warehouse has introduced health screenings for its colleagues based at its central Support Centre in Wythall, which is near Birmingham. Dozens of its members of staff have already taken advantage of the scheme – which is run in conjunction with health and wellbeing specialists Westfield Health – in …

A Windsor primary school has created a special sensory garden ahead of the new academic year – with the help of Selco’s Slough builders merchant branch. Cranbourne Primary School, based on Lovel Road in Winkfield, has created ‘The Nook’ to support children at the school in exploring the outdoors in …

Children at a Peterborough school are exploring different ways to play – thanks to a leading builders merchant. Welland Academy, on Scalford Drive, has signed up to the OPAL Programme, which helps schools across the country redesign their playgrounds and provision to help encourage new ways of play. Selco Builders …

Selco Builders Warehouse has appointed David Lennon as its new commercial director. The former category director at retail giant Morrisons has joined the builders’ merchant and will be a member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team, headed up by chief executive Howard Luft. He said: “It’s a real honour to …