There is a huge demand from homeowners for the Government’s Green Homes Grant , leading to a massive opportunity for builders and plumbers merchants and tradespeople. That’s according to research by plumbing and heating merchant, City Plumbing. According to the survey of 1,000 homeowners living in England, 8 out of 10 (84%) are planning to […]

Steel lintel manufacturer Keystone Lintels has won the ‘Supplier of the Year’ award from builders merchant Buildbase for 2020. The award follows on from the company’s allocade as Southern Division Supplier of the Year for 2019. Keystone Lintels’ sales director David Grace, said: “This is a great celebration of the robust and engaging partnership between […]

The solution was a PEX residential fire protection system integrated with the home's cold water PEX plumbing system. The flexibility of PEX pipe manufactured by REHAU … Engineered for the efficient transfer of hot or chilled …

Monitoring cow comfort and rumen health indices in a cubicle-housed herd with an automatic milking system: a repeated measures approach. Arne Vanhoudt*, Steven van Winden, John C Fishwick and Nicholas J Bell.

South-west builders merchants Bradfords has extended its partnership with Exeter chiefs, the current Rugby Union Premiership champions, following a successful match sponsorship in 2016-17 and shirt sponsorship last season. Bradfords are also taking on the individual sponsorship of Chiefs’ star and England back Henry Slade. The Chiefs can trace their roots back to 1871 and […]

Without a CE Mark on products for bathrooms and washrooms, consumers may endure scalding injuries, product failure under load and ultimately products will fail completely, there is no back up and absolutely no guarantee.

Independent builders and plumbers merchant Lords has created a new division: Lords Plumbing & Heating. The move is part of a company-wide focus on establishing strong specialist divisions within the Lords Brand. On Wednesday July 8, Lords Builders Merchants hosted the opening of Lords Plumbing & Heating which is managed by branch manager Paul Whitehouse. […]