LONDON: Neil Lawrence of Jewson and Paul Hetherington of Alumasc Interior Building Products have joined the board of the Builders’ Merchants Federation.

Both men were elected at the regional chairman’s meeting held last month.

Mr Lawrence has been sales and operations director of Jewson for the past nine years.

Mr Hetherington has been the managing director of Alumasc, also for nine years. He will represent the BMF’s supplier members. Mr Hetherington also has merchanting experience, having worked for a number of years for PTS.