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CRASH announced it has appointed Trisha Pickersgill as its chief executive, who will start the role May 1 2024. Pickersgill has 18 years’ experience in hospice management and care, having held several senior roles at Rennie Grove Peace Hospice (RGP) most recently, as director of business development, operations and performance. …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Alpesh Paleja, lead economist in the CBI’s economics team, has been confirmed to speak at the BMF Members’ Annual Conference on September 19. Paleja’s role at the CBI focuses on the UK economy and leading its work on the economic forecast.  She oversees analytical work across the team – including …

Ian Stokes, managing director of Knauf UK and Ireland, has been elected to the Board of the Builders Merchants Federation to serve as the Elected Director-Suppliers with effect from 1 April 2024, replacing Mike Ward of Wavin, who stepped down earlier this year. Stokes, who has been MD at Knauf …

Unilin has announce that it has appointed Aidan Doyle as its general manager at Unilin Insulation UK and Ireland. Doyle’s focus will be on continuing the growth trajectory for the company that is part of Unilin Group and was most recently known as Xtratherm; the company rebranded in early 2023 …

Acoustic, fire and thermal insulation product manufacturer AIM has appointed Chris Dale as its business development manager – north. He will liaise with insulation distributers, builders’ merchants and their installer customers. Dale will be responsible for customer and installer relationships in the Midlands, Northern England and Scotland. Ian Exall, AIM’s …

  Abloy UK has announced it made three appointments, with Hinna Khan, Matt Pendlebury, and Tim Remment joining the company. Khan has joined as its new market development manager for critical infrastructure, Pendlebury has been appointed as its market development manager for critical infrastructure and Remment as its new corporate …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has further enhanced its training and development team with two key appointments Jason Huddlestone has joined as training, learning and development manager and Marianna Peet is the BMF’s new apprenticeship manager. John Newcomb, CEO of the BMF, said: “These appointments will strengthen our resources in …