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Selco Builders Warehouse has appointed David Lennon as its new commercial director. The former category director at retail giant Morrisons has joined the builders’ merchant and will be a member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team, headed up by chief executive Howard Luft. He said: “It’s a real honour to …

Alpesh Paleja, lead economist in the CBI’s economics team, has been confirmed to speak at the BMF Members’ Annual Conference on September 19. Paleja’s role at the CBI focuses on the UK economy and leading its work on the economic forecast.  She oversees analytical work across the team – including …

Selco’s York branch has donated £5,000 worth of materials to assist with the redevelopment of Osbaldwick Village Hall. The building, which dates back to 1871, is undergoing renovation works, with internal structural repairs, new toilets and kitchen facilities and updates to the building’s insulation, electrics and plumbing. In addition, the …

Leyland has partnered with Barnardo’s and its Building Hope Academy to offer six young people 30 hours of work experience at its Streatham and Dulwich stores. The Building Hope Academy is for young people aged between 16 and 24 with an Educational Health Care Plan, who are not in education, …

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report showed total value sales for January through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +1.5% in 2024 compared to the same month in 2023. But volumes decreased -3.7% as prices increased +5.4%. Taking trading day differences into account, like-for-like sales for …

Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023, with volume sales falling -3.2% and prices creeping up +1.1%; with one more trading day this year, like-for-like sales were down -6.5%. Year-on-year, nine of the twelve …

MKM Building Supplies has announced it will be opening its 127th and 128th branches in Cardiff and Shrewsbury. MKM Cardiff 127th will open its doors to the trade and public on April 8, creating 20 new jobs in the area. Its 128th branch, MKM Shrewsbury, will open shortly after on …

Site Equipment Ltd (SEL) is celebrating its 50th anniversary of serving the construction and civil engineering industries. Founded by John Williams in 1973 in Avonmouth, Bristol, SEL is an established supplier of excavation support equipment and temporary groundworks solutions; during the past five decades, the company has worked across projects …

ArtificialGrass.com will be hosting ex-Scotland international footballer Gordan Strachan at the NMBS Exhibition; he will be at Stand 51 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The company has invited attendees to come and take a look at its stand whilst also having the chance to pitch their footballing questions to …

Smart Build Supplies has become the latest merchant to graduate from the h&b Development Group into the main Group. Smart is based in Ottery St Mary near Exeter, serving local community tradesmen, retail customers, and local and national housebuilders with a broad range of timber, heavyside and general building materials. …