New Milton Sand and Ballast has joined National Buying Group as a new merchant Partner. The company, based in southwest Hampshire, and, as well as a merchant operation, produces and supplies aggregates, concrete, sporting materials and waste management services. Richard Froggett, merchant manager at NMSB said: “The merchanting side of …

 Jeremy Norris has been appointed as managing director of Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd.  He has served in a number of roles including commercial director and most recently alongside CFO Paul Rushent, as joint managing director. Chairman Simon Lawson said “We are delighted that Jeremy has agreed to lead the company through …

Timber Development UK (TDUK) – the UK trade association for the timber supply chain – has released average carbon data for the 10 major timber product categories – completely free for all to access. TDUK’s new independently verified Embodied Carbon Data for Timber Products calculates weighted average A1-A4 embodied carbon …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has entered into a three-year partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, a charity that works with people affected by dementia. The partnership will raise vital funds and awareness for the support, care and research that Alzheimer’s Society carries out. Colleagues will take part in a variety of …

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give This time four years ago – remember that number, it’s important – hordes of families and school children were heading off to the top of snowy slopes of Italy,  where they would attach …

Independent Welsh builders’ merchant Robert Price has bought Terry Howell Timber and Builders’ Merchants for an undisclosed sum. Terry Howell, a long-established family business with branches in Newport and Pontypool, South Wales will continue to trade under the Terry Howell brand in the short term, as the Monmouthshire-based merchant works …

Rex Nye has joined the National Merchant Buying Society as its digital director. With more than 12 years’ experience working within the builder’s merchants industry, Nye has  worked with NMBS as both a supplier and a member. He is the former managing director of the Nye Group – which includes …

PaintWell, a well-established national decorators merchant, TradeKart, the app-based marketplace specialising in rapid deliveries for tradespeople has teamed up with decorators merchant group PaintWell, and plumbing & heating merchant Tucker French. These strategic partnerships enables tradespeople to access over 5000 products from the PaintWell’s range and the Tucker French range …

Never, if possible, lie down at night without being able to say: I have made one human being at least a little wiser, or a little happier, or at least a little better this day. Do as you would be done by. Micro: pronounced ‘my-kroh’; meaning: extremely small, minute in …

The Builders Merchant Federation  and buying group NMBS have created a new pathway to BMF membership for NMBS members who are not yet members of the BMF. The new umbrella membership category means NMBS will become a Group Affiliate Member of the BMF from 1 April 2024. This will allow NMBS’ 814 non BMF …