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 […]

Heating product manufacturer Baxi has announced a new partnership with MENTalk, an online community that encourages men to open up and support each other with mental health issues, to help raise awareness of personal wellbeing and provide support for plumbing and heating engineers. MENTalk was founded by three Expert Trades members, Stephen Blair, Lee Woodgate […]

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 […]

The next rumor I tracked down concerned the Zehnder ComfoBox, a combination appliance that includes a ground-source heat pump, hydronic heat distribution system, domestic water heater, and HRV. Zehnder's U.S. representative is Barry …. Ventilation requires small air flows, while the delivery of space heat and cooling usually requires larger air flows — making the […]

Building services supplier Brymec has appointed Martin Spowage as a key account manager. He has extensive experience and knowledge of customer care in the supply and distribution business, having previously worked for 24 years for distributor BSS, first as a sales supervisor and then as branch supervisor at BSS Lewes, specialising in pump sizing, plastic […]

Heating and plumbing supplies specialist Altecnic is strengthening its market-leading position by restructuring its trade sales team and recruiting two new area sales managers. The two new additions to Altecnic’s 16-strong team add to the diverse and vast experience of the Trade Sales Team gained in a variety of roles in the plumbing and heating […]

Flame Heating Group founder John Savage has written to the leaders of the three main political parties urging them to scrap the 5% VAT rate on domestic energy as soon as the country departs the European Union. The managing director of the North East’s fastest growing heating and plumbing merchant argues that abolishing the tax […]