The Trailblazer Plaster Apprentices British Gypsum welcomed the Federation of Master Builders’ (FMB) news that new higher quality plasterer apprenticeships have received final sign-off by the Government. A £10,000 funding band has been confirmed per student for the new 3-year Plasterer Trailblazer Apprenticeships. The programme aims to produce plasterers that are broadly skilled and drive […]

MP Moran and Sons Ltd, has raised over £9,000 for The Gaucher’s Association by participating in a 60-mile bike ride from London to Cambridge. Operations director, Kevin Moran, along with colleagues from MP Moran and Sons’ five London-based branches, took to their saddles to raise vital funds for the charity based in Dursley, Gloucestershire. Gaucher’s […]

Plumbing and heating merchant City Plumbing is helping its customers by offering a free  30 minute webinar to help guide them through the government’s new Green Homes Grants scheme. Running from September until November 2020,  the webinars will be led by Steve Alldritt, technical director of City Plumbing’s Energy Efficiency Team. The sessions will cover an […]

Builders merchant buying group NMBS has announced new dates for the 2021 NMBS Exhibition, which will now take place from September 8 to 9 2021. The 2020 Exhibition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and NMBS now hopes that social distancing restrictions will no longer be as arduous in September. The Ricoh Arena will […]

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 […]

A wide range of plumbing products attracted over 150 visitors to the Wirquin stand at PHEX Manchester in October.

The fashionable look of terrazzo flooring can be achieved with the benefit of easy installation and at a fraction of the cost of the traditional material with the BerryAlloc® Pure luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring range, available from IDS. The Terrazzo Light Grey décor (pictured) authentically replicates traditionally laid terrazzo and will make a statement […]