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Marshalls reaccredited with Fair Tax Mark for 11th year image
Marshalls reaccredited with Fair Tax Mark for 11th year
2 July, 2025
Marshalls has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark for the 11th consecutive year, since 2015.
Fundraiser to visit 50 lighthouses in husband’s memory image
Fundraiser to visit 50 lighthouses in husband’s memory
Over the course of the summer Jennifer Deeney, a Director of Nursing based in Liverpool, has embarked on a UK-wide mission to visit 50 lighthouses to raise awareness and funds for the Lighthouse Charity; a charity providing holistic emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support for construction workers and their families.
Elliotts Builders Merchants acquires New Forest Hire image
Elliotts Builders Merchants acquires New Forest Hire
Elliotts has announced the acquisition of tool and plant hire company New Forest Hire.
Bassetts partners with NI Children’s Hospice Unite image
Bassetts partners with NI Children’s Hospice Unite
Northern Irish plumbing, heating and bathroom merchant Bassetts has announced the launch of a charity partnership with the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.
Galleon Fixings team raise £3,000 for charity image
Galleon Fixings team raise £3,000 for charity
A team of Galleon Fixings Group employees, including some from ForgeFix and Harrison & Clough, took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on and raised over £3,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
West Fraser sponsors Selco natural-gas trucks image
West Fraser sponsors Selco natural-gas trucks
West Fraser is sponsoring eight natural-gas-powered ‘eco trucks’, operating from Selco’s Minworth Delivery Hub, which covers Birmingham and surrounding areas.
CITB and DWP agreement to support career opportunities in construction industry image
CITB and DWP agreement to support career opportunities in construction industry
Thousands of people to benefit from on-the-job training and career opportunities in the sector.
P&H Merchants’ April value sales up +0.7% year-on-year image
P&H Merchants’ April value sales up +0.7% year-on-year
But volumes fall -3.8%, according to the latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index report.
BCIS reports tender price inflation of 0.5% image
BCIS reports tender price inflation of 0.5%
Tender prices increased by an estimated average of 0.5% between 1Q2025 and 2Q2025, according to the latest data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).
Elemental London and RICS announce partnership image
Elemental London and RICS announce partnership
Elemental London has announced the formation of a partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Stark UK’s Dragon Boat Race raises £79,500 for charity image
Stark UK’s Dragon Boat Race raises £79,500 for charity
The fourth annual Dragon Boat Race, hosted by Stark Building Materials UK at Draycote Water, has once again demonstrated the power of community and collaboration, raising £79,500 for Band of Builders and Whiteley’s Retreat.
Newsweek ranks Travis Perkins among world's greenest companies image
Newsweek ranks Travis Perkins among world's greenest companies
Travis Perkins plc has been recognised as one of the world’s most environmentally responsible businesses, achieving a five-star rating in Newsweek’s 2025 World’s Greenest Companies list.
New platform launches to help merchants identify bad payers image
New platform launches to help merchants identify bad payers
Purpose-built for the construction materials supply chain, GFTM (Good For The Money) enables merchants to securely collaborate on payment risk, without sharing commercially sensitive information.
Newly badged Bathroom Association seeks to unite the industry image
Newly badged Bathroom Association seeks to unite the industry
The change marks a new chapter as the UK’s most influential community dedicated to the bathroom industry.
CPA welcomes government’s 10-Year Industrial Strategy image
CPA welcomes government’s 10-Year Industrial Strategy
The Construction Products Association (CPA) has expressed strong support for the UK Government’s newly launched 10 year Industrial Strategy.
Lords trading continues in line with management expectations image
Lords trading continues in line with management expectations
The Group will maintain its focus on growth, margin accretion and cost control.
BMF All Industry Conference nets £14,000 for charities image
BMF All Industry Conference nets £14,000 for charities
Over £14,000 was raised for charity during the Gala Dinner that concluded the BMF All Industry Conference in Barcelona last week.
Yellow heat health alert prompts Actis reaction image
Yellow heat health alert prompts Actis reaction
Insulation specialist reminds merchants and specifiers of the role insulation has to play in helping mitigate the impact of extreme temperatures.
First timber import growth in Q1 since 2021 image
First timber import growth in Q1 since 2021
Volumes were 0.6% higher in Q1 2025 than they were in 2024, reaching 2.26 million m3, according to the latest TDUK figures.
Heidelberg Materials opens world first carbon capture cement facility in Norway image
Heidelberg Materials opens world first carbon capture cement facility in Norway
Heidelberg Materials has officially inaugurated Brevik CCS in Norway, the world’s first industrial-scale carbon capture, and storage (CCS) facility in the cement industry.
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