HP, Lenovo, Skanska, Bluebeam, Bentley Systems and Kier, are among the 180 companies preparing to showcase their latest offerings at the ‘biggest ever’ Digital Construction Week, which returns to London ExCeL on 16-17 October. Attendees to the UK’s leading exhibition for innovation and technology in the built environment will have an exclusive opportunity to meet […]

  W.Howard Group has welcomed James Leader as the latest sales executive to join the company. Leader joined the MDF profile manufacturer in early April 2020, covering London and the area inside the M25. He will be working closely with builders’ merchants, timber merchants and all W.Howard stockists, and has extensive experience in the merchant […]

Abet Ltd is delighted to announce the arrival of Polaris, a new collection launched in the UK at the Architect@Work Show in London's Olympia. Polaris is a revolutionary new product with a smooth and velvety touch which is highly resistant to shock …

Lewis Aird has joined the Stelrad Brand Specialists team, responsible for the North East of England from York up to the Scottish border. A good team player, he played football for Newcastle United from the age of 9 to 19 before accepting a Soccer Scholarship to play for Northeastern University in Boston in the USA. […]

Builders merchants’ trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has published its first Builders Merchants Industry Forecast Report to take account of the Covid-19 pandemic. Interrupted and unsettling trading patterns during the first six months of 2020 made the second half of the year more difficult to predict.  Initial forecasts expected average growth to decline by […]

Lords Builders Merchants is to open its twelfth branch in September 2021, and it’s first since listing on AIM, following the acquisition of the business and assets of Nu-Line Builders Merchants in Ladbroke Grove, West London. Established in 1965, Nu-Line is an independent builder’s merchant specialising in the supply of general building materials. Lords will […]

I've seen too many misuses of the word cubical in the past couple of days, so I thought I'd post this quick guide. A cubicle is the office workspace created in by a system of dividing walls, such as the […]