Pupils at Johnstonebridge Primary School received a donation of pipes and other related plumbing supplies from PDM in Dumfries, to supplement their creative play and develop their engineering skills . PDM, which is part of the Huws Gray group of companies, was contacted by Evonne Cameron, the Headteacher at Johnstonebridge Primary School, …

James Hardie, the high-performance fibre cement and fibre gypsum building solutions supplier, has appointed Edward Dunn as channel manager to further support trade partners in the North. Dunn has nearly 10 years account management experience working for large national accounts and independent wholesalers.  In his most recent role he worked …

Four friends, all Travis Perkins colleagues, from North Wales have taken on a gruelling three-day 120 mile mountain bike challenge to raise money for Travis Perkins’ charity partner, Alzheimer’s Society. Organised by Regional Director, Dafydd Jones, the challenge saw Jones and colleagues Andrew Craig, a Travis Perkins Account Manager, Rob …

Plumbers merchant Plumb Centre, part of Wolseley UK, has announced the appointment of Kieran Griffin as divisional managing director. Griffin has a wealth of management experience within the building materials industry, having joined Keyline as a graduate trainee, moving through the Travis Perkins Group via managing directorships of CCF, Keyline, …

Keylite, the roof window people, have launched a new campaign to highlight safety when working at heights in construction, in a bid to protect roofers from life-threatening accidents. Keylite’s ‘Work Smart, Stay Grounded’ campaign sees the team visit builders’ merchants across the UK and Ireland to encourage merchants and their …

Surface materials distributor IDS has announced that it has achieved a full 12 months without any Lost Time Accidents – any work-related injury that causes an individual to lose 24 hours of work following the day of the accident. Colin Cunningham, UK National EHS Manager at IDS, said: “Maintaining this …

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth Open the Money/Personal Finances section of any Saturday or Sunday newspaper, and there’ll be an article about fraud. Increasingly though, it’s not big budget company fraud, where insiders deal secrets and scam …

It is with great sadness that BMJ has to announce the unexpected death of Carole Green on March 20th. Carole had worked for the Builders Merchants Federation for 22 years, and following that joined the independent buying group h&b in January 2013. At the time she announced that she was …

Plaster and plasterboard supplier British Gypsum will be the first UK building materials manufacturer to partner up with circular economy pallet supplier The Pallet LOOP in a bid to significantly reduce pallet waste. British Gypsum will roll out The Pallet LOOP scheme in two stages, with the instantly identifiable, green-coloured …

Following six months of contraction, the UK construction industry returned to growth in March, according to the latest purchasing managers survey from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and S&P Global. The latest index for construction rose to 50.2 in March from 49.7 in the previous month, above the …