MacDonald Plumbing & Heating Supplies Limited has become the first business to take advantage of digital specialist RNF’s partnership with Sharp-aX Computer Systems Limited. The partnership means any wholesaler using Sharp-aX ERP System can seamlessly integrate with  RNF’s Beam Commerce Platform, enabling them to offer customers 24/7 online ordering via a multi-platform app that works across […]

Responding to consumer appeals for a quiet power shower, Triton, has re-engineered its popular AS2000 range to be silent. The new AS2000SRhas been awarded the Quiet Mark approval as a result of its low noise and high performance. Designed for low-pressure systems, and ideally suited to the replacement market, the product provides continuous running performance […]

It is important to help young people in their career by supporting them with training. At the start of June this year Aico enrolled its apprentices on to the EDA (Electrical Distributors’ Association) Customer Services training module. The EDA is the trade association representing wholesale distributors of electro-technical products in the UK. The EDA’s Programme […]

Etex Building Performance, the dry construction arm of the Etex group, will develop an advanced plasterboard manufacturing facility for its Siniat brand at the Royal Portbury Dock in Bristol Port, adding significantly to its production capacity in the UK. A brownfield industrial site has been secured close to its existing plant, therefore maximising its ability […]

London’s Grosvenor House Hotel was the venue for a fantastic night of dancing, networking and entertainment as the NMBS Dinner Dance brought the industry together in celebration of another great year. NMBS is the largest buying society for independent builders’, timber, hardware, and plumbing and heating merchants, and the annual Dinner Dance is one of […]

Wolseley and Ideal Boilers have launched a social media competition designed to give heating and plumbing apprentices a boost as they embark on their careers. With a prize package up for grabs every month until the end of December, the lucky winners will receive a full set of Axinite workwear, a huge selection of Raptor […]

The longest established independent builders merchant in the South of the UK, Elliott Brothers, is undertaking a digital transformation of its HR and payroll processes in partnership with industry experts MHR to support its future growth. The family owned Hampshire-based business, established over 175 years ago, has invested in MHR’s leading cloud-based HR and payroll solution […]