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 …

There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats Imagine if you will, that most bucolic of images: Cambridge/Oxford, boater-wearing Sebastian Flyte-types punting their way along the Cam/Isis, impressing the tea-frock wearing girlfriend languidly trailing her hand in the river water …

Toolstation, the trade and DIY retailer has today launched three new fragrances inspired by the building and decorating trade. Sawdust Seduction, Plumbers Paradise and Welding Whisper are  aimed at tradespeople and DIYers looking to smell scents-sational. Available in three fragrances, Toolstation customers can now enjoy scents of sawdust, plumbing and …

Bradfords Building Supplies, the South-West builders merchant has today brought to market brad.ai – the ai virtual assistant to the trade. Built by builders for builders, and bringing together cutting-edge task automation technology and bespoke-to-trade linguistic profiling, Bradfords hope the platform will revolutionise the way trades work. David Young, CEO of Bradfords Group, …

Knauf Insulation’s new Rocksilk® RainScreen Cavity Systems, is a range of complete tested systems designed to simplify specification and support compliance in cladding and masonry façades. The systems consist of sheathing insulation, fixings, and cavity barriers, combining existing Knauf Insulation rainscreen products with a series of new cavity barrier solutions, …

The annual City & Livery Awards lunch of the builders merchants’ Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants saw awards presented to a number of recipients across the merchant sector, as well as from the company’s affiliate organisations. The event celebrated the next generation of builders’ merchants, giving them …

We go to gain a little piece of ground, That have no profit in’t but the name I was at a few lunches in the run-up to Christmas (a hard old job, but someone’s got to do it) at which one of the topics under discussion was the “structural reorganisation” …

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 …