Southern independent heating and plumbing merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS) has announced record sales and profits for 2015.

Sympathetic locally-sourced materials, technical expertise and market-leading guarantees led Vale of Glamorgan Council to choose BMI Redland and BMI Icopal materials when re-roofing an early 20th century primary school. “We chose BMI because it could offer us 15-year guarantees on the products; the roof slate was made from locally-sourced materials and because the pitched 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, […]

HPS Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited reveals that they raised an amazing £8,840 for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital Charity at this year’s PHEX Chelsea show.

Building materials company Kilwaughter Minerals is extending their investment in R&D, to drive their core markets. The £40m revenue business includes core brands K Rend, K Systems and Kilwaughter Lime. The company has already made significant annual investment in production plants, most recently, the completion of a new business centre at its Kilwaughter HQ. Organisational focus […]

As the amount of dog theft seems to be on the rise, Dogs Trust turn to Yale for advanced security options and advice. In addition to providing advice on securing homes and gardens to ensure dogs are kept safe, Yale is also sponsoring the charity’s dog theft campaign, “Family Pawtraits”, which aims to raise dog […]

Figures for Q2 2019 just released in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report the first negative growth in sales through UK builders merchants since data collection began in 2014. In value terms, total merchant sales for the Q2 2019 were down -1.2% against the same period last year.  The negative figures were exacerbated […]