A crazy four-day car rally across six countries is one of the fun activities members of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) took part in, to fundraise for John Flamsteed Community School’s brand new minibus. The BMF funded the minibus – officially known as a Variety Sunshine Coach – in support …

Darren Bowkett, Operations Director at Ibstock Brick and Managing Director of Ibstock Kevington provides his insight on James Brokenshire’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference: “Once again, the Government has demonstrated its firm commitment to keep Britain building with James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, …

Dulux have announced the finalists for their 2018 Dulux Academy Design and Decorate Challenge. The challenge, which sees experienced decorators designing a new wallpaper pattern, is in its second year and has been extremely popular once again, with entries coming in from all over the UK. With the winner getting their …

As part of an initiative to attract former service personnel into the construction industry, Coleg Cambria, Deeside, North East Wales; is hosting a Forces in Construction Insight Day on October 10th. Organised by the CITB, Kier, the MoD’s Career Transition Partnership and the college itself; the event is being backed …

John Lambert, Managing Director at Forticrete, gives his view on the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Conservative Party Conference speech. “Last year’s Autumn Budget focused heavily on housebuilding, with a bold aim of building 300,000 houses on average each year. …

Following the completion of a new BMI Icopal flat roofing training area, and the refurbishment of the existing BMI Redland pitched training facility, the BMI National Training Centre is now able to offer contractors, developers, merchants and students an extensive range of both pitched and flat roof courses at the …

Norbord is the world’s largest manufacturer of OSB and has recently invested £95m in a new plant in Inverness, Scotland. A new family of products is a development of the most popular OSB brand in the building and interior design arena and comprises SterlingOSB Zero 3, SterlingOSB Zero Tongue and …

John Savage, the Managing Director of the North East of England’s fastest-growing heating and plumbing merchant, has been recognised by a leading membership organisation at its annual awards. Mr Savage, of Flame Heating Group, was a finalist in the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s Scale-up Award category, at its North East E ntrepreneurial …

Painters and decorators of tomorrow are set to benefit from a brand-new trade academy just launched at Leeds College of Building. The new Decorating Academy has been made possible by partner Bell Group, one of the largest painting, decorating and building maintenance contractors in the UK. This is the first Bell Group …

Charcon Hard Landscaping, a division of Aggregate Industries, has been awarded the contract to supply Redcar and Cleveland Council with materials to implement TGP Landscape Architects’ competition-winning design for the regeneration of Eston Town Square, North Yorkshire. The palette of high-quality natural stone granite and concrete paving materials follows the …