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• Huws Gray to host first trade event with Welsh rugby legend following major takeover

  More than a thousand tradespeople and members of the public are set to descend on The Barn at Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, for the Huws Gray Giant Trade Event on April 17.

• New midlands member adds to growing H&B family

  Midlands-based independent merchant Emerys Timber and Builders Merchant is the latest recruit to H&B buying group.

• Trade Association partnership set to strengthen UK treated wood market

  The Timber Trade Federation and the Wood Protection Association are joining forces under a strategic partnership agreement aimed at strengthening the UK market for treated wood.

• Snows Timber takes brand new direction

  Snows Timber, previously part of The Bradfords Group, has announced the completion of a management buyout.

• D.W. Nye renamed NYEs Building Supplies

  Kingsfold-based builders’ merchant D.W. Nye has been renamed as NYEs Building Supplies.

• The CRASH Charity Sailing Cup is back!

  CRASH is thrilled to announce that the CRASH Charity Sailing Cup will return for a fourth year on Friday 12 July 2019 at the stunning Portsmouth Marina, PO6 4TJ.

• Scott Parnell expanding its Milton Keynes branch

  Civils and drainage supplies specialist Scott Parnell will be expanding its Milton Keynes branch.

• Dove hits 150 and sets milestone challenge

  JT Dove is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion bosses have set themselves and the team a challenge.

• Covers Chichester puts best feet forward for charity

  The team at Covers Timber and Builders Merchants in Chichester donned an array of silly socks to raise funds for local charity Aldingbourne Trust.

• Snows Timber warns against ‘no-deal’ Brexit in talks with local MP Gloria De Piero

  Brexit dominated the agenda as Snows Timber hosted Ashfield MP Gloria De Piero at its Huthwaite distribution centre this week.

• Chancellor’s Spring Statement: BMF statement

  If the Government is serious in wanting to cut carbon emissions from homes, they ought to talk to the Builders Merchants’ Federation - because it is BMF members who make and deliver the majority of materials and products used to de-carbonise today’s housing.

• Natural Cement Distribution joins the BMF

  Natural Cement has become a supplier member of the Builders Merchants Federation.

• Independent merchant announces another strong year

  James Burrell Builders Merchants’ turnover has exceeded £64m for the year to October 2018.

• Lakes introduces 100% recyclable packaging

  Lakes has introduced new fully-recyclable packaging, designed to reduce its impact on the environment.

• More costs and more delays will hamper house building, warns FMB

  New biodiversity measures will result in more costs and more delays for the nation’s SME house builders, worsening the housing crisis, warns the Federation of Master Builders.