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The Builders Merchants Federation has opened a second Regional Centre of Excellence, this time in Scotland.
The move is part of a localisation programme designed to strengthen the organisation’s regional presence and add to the support it offers members in their geographic area.
Up to 24 Centres of Excellence, two in each of its twelve regions, are set to be opened in the coming months, six of them this Autumn.
The first BMF Scotland Centre of Excellence is at Norbord’s facilities in Stirling. It will be used as a regional hub and centre for BMF training in Scotland. As such it will host regional meetings and forums as well as training courses for members in that area. The next BMF Scotland Regional Meeting will be held there in the spring.
The first Centre of Excellence in England opened at John A Stephens in Nottingham on 31 August. Further sites for the centres have already been identified across the UK – in Northern Ireland, North West, Eastern, South West and West Midlands regions. More details will be announced at Members Day on 21 September.
BMF MD, John Newcomb said: “We have been working with members to identify appropriate spaces as regional hubs where local groups can come together for meetings and training. Norbord’s Regional Centre of Excellence is a superb example and I’m sure it will play an important role in servicing the needs of our members in Scotland.”
Maurice Fitzgibbon, Sales Director of Norbord said: “We are delighted that Norbord has been selected as the first BMF Centre of Excellence in Scotland. I think it will be extremely useful for members to meet locally on a regular basis and I look forward to welcoming them.”
