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England and British & Irish Lions star Jack Nowell was special guest appearance at a training session for two junior teams at Exeter Saracens, thanks to builders merchant Selco who opened a branch in the city last year. The boys under 13s and girls under 14s were the two groups …

Builders merchant Bradfords Building Supplies is opening a new branch in Launceston, Cornwall. The 46th in Bradfords’ growing portfolio of outlets across the South West, the Launceston opening follows the company’s new Torquay branch, opened in May. Creating 18 new jobs, the Launceston branch will include a bathroom and kitchen …

Droughts across Europe and the UK are leading to fears that 2023 could create a repeat of last year’s severe water shortage across Europe, with some regions in southern Spain already suffering water shortages. Yvonne Orgill MD at UWLA says,  “Our water efficiency message is now absolutely critical as Europe is …

Cumbrian manufacturer, Kudos Shower Products has been bought by SanSwiss AG, part of The Ronal Group of companies. SanSwiss, headquartered in Härkingen, Switzerland, is a major European manufacturer of shower enclosures and shower screens as well as other bathroom and wellness products, selling to over 17 countries. Olivier Gunther and …

Genuit Group – the parent company of Polypipe, Nuaire, Nu-Heat and Adey, has become the first building products manufacturer in the UK to meet the emissions reduction targets from the UN-backed Science Based Targets initiative. SBTi has confirmed that Genuit Group has successfully met the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations, Version …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins Group, is working with the University of Salford Manchester’s specialist acoustics testing team to conduct a study into the development of electric forklift truck sound alerts. The study was commissioned to address concerns about the quietness of an electric forklift truck compared to a traditional …

The south’s largest builders merchant group, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has taken over the Colchester and Bury St Edmunds builders merchant operations of Kent Blaxill from PaintWell, the owners of Kent Blaxill. It will now operate as Kent Blaxill Builders Merchants. Both PaintWell and IBMG are owned by Cairngorm …

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely Some people go into politics because they want to make a difference. To make the world a slightly better place for the people around them. Others go into politics because they want to be in power, for it to be their …

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing I don’t really know where to begin with this one. Is it a part of being human that we get used to things that once horrified us? Are we hard-wired to become inured to …