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The Make It Marsh campaign from family-run off-mains drainage specialist supplier Marsh Industries, offers substantial price reductions on key product ranges. Thanks to a positive trend in raw material prices, the company has been able to reduce prices on its domestic pump stations, Hydroil® oil separators, and Ensign® (the UK …

Builders merchant MKM is using National Apprenticeship Week, which starts today (February 6th) to highlight how important apprenticeships are to combatting the construction industry’s widening skills gap. One area in which the merchant has identified a skills gap is in kitchen and bathroom design, so the merchant has invested in …

Beesley & Fildes has paid homage to its company name by sponsoring Bees In Our Community, a Cheshire organisation which supports these beloved honey bearing insects. Beesley & Fildes, which boasts an eye-catching bee logo, selected the honey bee sponsor package to assist this small, not-for-profit initiative which aims to …

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Seriously, is it so hard for politicians to act like normal human beings? Normal human beings with thoughts and feelings and empathy for others? We’re onto our third Prime Minister in …

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony I talk a lot, a hell of a lot, in this column about the merchant family. About the fact that there are lifelong friendships born of shared experiences …

South East based builder’s merchant Alsford Timber Ltd has been shortlisted for The Award for UK Employer of the Year (250+ Employees) in The Investors in People Awards 2022. The Investors in People Awards celebrate the very best organisations and individuals from around the world across various organisational, people, wellbeing …

The Pavestone Rally, which takes place on September 6-11, 2023, has extended its early bird rate until October 31. To embark on this four-day journey from Ghent to Monte Carlo, participants are invited to buy a car (for under £500) and take to the greatest roads and cities in Europe. …

Encon Construction Products, the specialist construction division of The Encon Group, has launched its first edition Product Guide. The new digital Guide includes an extensive range, helping customers from builders’ merchants and specifiers to contractors find the right products easily and quickly. The Guide includes comprehensive product information across six …

Have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?’ The law of unintended consequences is that actions of people—and especially of government—always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended. The Parliamentary Conservative Party turfed out its leader, former PM Boris Johnson for the very good reason that, …

Builders merchant Jewson, is being put up for sale by its parent company Saint-Gobain, the Paris-listed global conglomerate.  JP Morgan has been tasked with looking into the possibility of hiving off the merchant business. The 400 branch builders merchant was acquired by Saint-Gobain in 2000, when it bought Meyer International. …