The BMJ Industry Awards 2021, the industry’s only awards event that is decided by merchants and suppliers, is now open for entry. The past year has thrown so many obstacles and difficulties in the way of merchants and suppliers and they have risen to the chalkenges phenomenally. So now it is the time to recognise […]

North Lincolnshire-based timber importer and timber products manufacturer Arbor Forest Products has begun production on its new sawmill planing line. The company is investing £6 million in the new facility which features unique timber scanning technology, allowing the company to eliminate defects in lengths of timber – reducing waste and saving time for Arbor Forest […]

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts It’s a truth universally accepted that the UK construction industry is a major contributor to our carbon emissions and our negative impact on the planet. So, it’s great to see CO2nstruct Zero – the CLC cross industry change programme to […]

Rugby and builders merchanting are two areas, traditional thought of as male-dominated, that more and more women are succeeding in. To celebrate International Women’s Day in March 8 2021, builders merchant Bradfords produced a podcast interviewing women from both Bradfords and Exeter Chiefs. Introduced by Zoe Harvey, a sales adviser from from the Bradfords Dorchester […]

Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) has extended its online trading offering with the launch of K8 Sales Rep Portal, a quick-to-deploy, web-based product that allows field sales teams to take orders while working away from the office. The site can be accessed from anywhere with a suitable internet connection and can be used on smartphone and […]

Builder’s merchant chain MKM Building Supplies is opening its 80th branch, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. The 1.2acre site, at Lupton Road, Wallingford will be a one-stop shop for both local building trade and retail customers. Stock will include plumbing and heating, electrical, drainage, roofing, timber, doors, ironmongery and joinery. The branch will also offer a building […]

Plumbing and heating merchants saw sales continue to bounce back at the end of  2020 from the low point earlier in the year caused by the first UK lockdown. That’s according to a new statistical Index compiled by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) in partnership with MRA Research and GfK. The new Plumbing & Heating […]