Easy to use format allows users to go from room to room with sound insulation results displayed in compliance with ISO requirements Recognising the growing influence of acoustics on building design and the need to reduce the impact of noise from traffic, industry and neighbours on new housing developments and office units, Svantek (www.svantek.co.uk) – […]

Micro-Reefs bringing pico, temperate systems to an office cubicle near you … Simply place two small pieces of live rock into your system, add water and turn on filter. Turn on light and now dazzle them with mushrooms and …

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 […]