Boasting enhanced facilities including bespoke installer suites, extended product showrooms and an expanded stock distribution capability, Hansgrohe UK has formally unveiled its new Warwick-based headquarters to key stakeholders and customers.
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A year on from its acquisition by STARK Group, Jewson used the inaugural Jewson Live On Tour in Birmingham on Friday 26 April to unveil a dramatic new corporate identity – including refreshed visual identity, website, branch signage and truck branding.
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.Travis Perkins Group News has presented its first quarter trading update for the three months to 31 March 2024:
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Securing a lead role in the Government’s Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving, HGV training specialist HGVC has nearly 1,900 places available to train up HGV drivers over the next two years.
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.Travis Perkins is celebrating 20 years of timber chain custody certification and has confirmed that it recently joined Timber Development UK.
Travis Perkins Group News
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UK brick deliveries are a useful proxy for house building starts in the absence of monthly house building starts data. UK Brick deliveries in February 2024 were 12.0% higher than in January according to the Department for Business & Trade &... (1/n)
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Congratulations to Marley, the leading roof system manufacturer which is celebrating its centenary in 2024!
Full story below:
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.Professional Builders Merchant catches up on the latest news from Marsh Industries following the manufacturer’s launch of the new Marsh:ENCO low-cost sewage treatment plant, which the firm says has been “designed specifically to support the UK merchant sector.”
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.IBC Buying Group has publicly announced the appointment of Stuart Stockley as its new Managing Director.
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The latest PHMI report shows total value sales through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +1.5% in January compared to the same month in 2023. However, volumes decreased -3.7% as prices increased +5.4%.
Full story here:
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With a growing number of merchants having successfully launched drive-thru batching plants for concrete and screed, Integrated Hydraulic Solutions has taken the concept one stage further with the introduction of its mobile Conqueror XL solution.
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.HultaforsUK has told us that it will be showcasing its new range of tool carriers at this year’s NMBS Exhibition, with a special pre-launch offer for merchants...
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PBM speaks with Tim Houghton, MD of HGV contract hire and rental company FVTH, about his perspectives on the sector from legislation, compliance and alternative fuel vehicles.
Full Q&A below:
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The latest report from BMBI shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023, with volume sales falling -3.2% and prices creeping up +1.1%.
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There's not long until this year’s NMBS Exhibition, set to take place on 10–11 April 2024 at the Coventry Building Society Arena...
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2024 Top 20: As published in our April 2024 edition, PBM looks behind the numbers to consider the performance of the UK merchant sector’s largest businesses during 2023: professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/uk-mercha…

With a focus on innovation and engagement at the upcoming NMBS Exhibition, CT1 (@CTec_NI_Ltd) says it is gearing up to unveil brand new products and “cutting-edge technology that will revolutionise the industry.”
Full story below:
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As featured in the ‘Training Zone’ column of Professional Builders Merchant’s March edition, BMF outlines a quintet of its most popular and effective training courses for merchants across all levels of the sector.
Full story below:
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In the second of a two-part Q&A, National Buying Group MD Nick Oates – during his final month in office – looks back at a decade of change at the helm of one of the industry’s foremost buying groups.
See below for the full story:
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ProSolve are on the front page of the Professional Builders Merchant April Edition

The image showcased on the front page is from when the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Selco Builders Warehouse. ProSolve products feature on the bottom right.

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