Graham Plumbers’ Merchant has announced the addition of two new roles to its directorial team. Rob Haining has been appointed as regional director for Scotland and Asa Finnigan as contract sales director. The company previously split the UK into just two regions, North and South. Haining’s appointment recognises the need to tailor its offering and […]

A group led by product manufacturers, suppliers and merchants under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is helping to build confidence, dispel rumours and minimise supply and demand constraints. The CLC’s Product Availability Group – jointly chaired by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and the Construction Products Association brings together key manufacturers, merchants, […]

Merchants will benefit from the most significant change to below ground drainage product regulations in recent years, with all water companies agreeing to a standardised approach to the construction of foul and surface water drainage systems, according to Polypipe Building Products. The company is advising its merchant partners that the new arrangements for the adoption of […]

Sales for builders merchants in the first quarter of 2020 were negatively impacted by the  Covid-19 pandemic and Government measures to reduce transmission of the virus. That’s according to figures released by the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI). Figures for Q1 2020 show a decline of -6.7% in total builders’ merchants’ sales compared with the […]

I dreamed that as I wandered by the way Bare Winter suddenly was changed to Spring It may not be what we recognise as normal, but it’s definitely an improvement of sorts. Slowly but surely, things are changing. It was only in November that the first case of coronavirus was found in China – or […]

Border Merchant Systems offers an industry leading e-trading solution to their customers.  CounterAct customers can have a trading website developed in a Magento 2 platform that’s fully integrated with their CounterAct system. Phil Davies – Commercial Manager at Border Merchant Systems explains why Border is ideally positioned to offer this expertise. “Border is part of […]

An innovative new wall mounting device for bar shower valves and other brassware is not only proving a commercial success with plumbers and consumers, but has also scooped two awards at a prestigious industry event in London. Alfie, available within the Coolag product range, is the invention of Ty Harding which he named after his […]