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TFS bolsters merchant support with team expansion
20 September, 2023
Wood-based panel products processor, Trade Fabrication Systems (TFS) has appointed Greg Beers as business development executive. This newly created role is the latest in a long line of investments TFS has made in developing its value-add solutions and services for merchants.

Investment pays off for SAM
22 June, 2023
Interior and exterior MDF mouldings manufacturer, SAM says that its current £7m investment programme has meant the business has been able to focus on its relationships with merchant customers and their growth.

BMF Burns Night raises record sum for charity
28 February, 2023
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) raised £13,000 for its charity of the year Band of Builders, at its annual Burns Night supper held in Edinburgh last week. This was not only a record sum for the event, it is also the largest single contribution to a fantastic total of £32,500 raised by BMF for the charity over the last 12 months.

West Fraser rewards customers
13 February, 2023
One lucky customer of the Newark branch of Turnbull builders’ merchants ended 2022 with a brand-new Mercedes van, thanks to the West Fraser Rewards promotion. Andrew Kirkham from ATK Plastering Ltd received the van from West Fraser’s national sales manager, Sanjit Dosanjh in December.

Softwood trade adopts ultra-cautious approach
03 February, 2023
The economic backdrop is troubling traders but they are finding their way through and some agents and shippers are reporting more interest for February and March shipments. Jerry Wilson reports

SAM scoops win for ‘Overall Supplier of the Year’ in Jewson awards
01 February, 2023
MDF mouldings specialist SAM has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Jewson ‘Overall Supplier of The Year’ award, and says its business goes from strength to strength.

Rushlift wins £45m extension to Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland contract
20 December, 2022
Rushlift, the national full-service provider of materials handling equipment (MHE), has secured a major three-year extension to its successful, long-running MHE contract with the UK and Ireland business of international building solutions and materials manufacturer and supplier, Saint-Gobain. At the end of the three-year arrangement Saint-Gobain (UK&I) has the option to further extend the contract by two more years.

Danish group enters UK builders merchant market with acquisition of Jewson and International Timber
16 December, 2022
Denmark’s Stark Group A/S has signed a £740m agreement to acquire Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd – including builders merchant giant Jewson – which operates more than 600 branches and distribution centres in the UK.

SAM invests £1m in new primed finish
29 November, 2022
MDF mouldings manufacturer, SAM, has announced the 2023 launch of its new primed finish. As a commitment to bringing the best in market products and setting the bar on quality and standard, and as part of an overall project to improve its service package, SAM has invested more than £1m in developing its latest primed mouldings solution.

MP visit highlights merchant industry role
18 October, 2022
MP for Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner, David Simmonds, has seen first-hand the role the building materials industry can play in improving energy efficiency – and driving down energy bills – for constituents.

Obituary – Robert Bruce
07 September, 2022
Robert Bruce, sales director for MH Southern & Co Ltd, Timber Trade Benevolent Society (TTBS) trustee and a well-known figure in the UK timber trade has died aged 63 following a short illness.

Tait to replace Livesey at Egger
17 December, 2020
The Egger Group has appointed Andrew Tait as its new commercial director for its western Europe division, to succeed Bob Livesey when he retires in spring 2021 after a 37-year career with the company.

TTF issues lockdown guidance as companies close
24 March, 2020
Confusion still leaves government guidance open to interpretation on how it applies to the construction sector.

Hipkins to chair BMF West Midlands
17 May, 2019
James Hipkins, managing director of Emerys Builders Merchants, is the new chairman of the Builders Merchants’ Federation’s (BMF) West Midlands region. He takes over from Neil Lawrence, chief operating officer Jewson and managing director Local Merchant Group.

Norbord wins Jewson supplier award
05 January, 2018
Norbord Europe Ltd was presented with the Best Overall Supplier 2017 award by Jewson at Jewson Live in December, the UK’s biggest builders’ merchant show.

Minister to speak at CTI conference
28 April, 2016
UK government minister Nick Boles is to be the keynote speaker at the Confederation of Timber Industries’ (CTI) inaugural conference in October.

Lead importers put ipe on hold
18 August, 2014
Following Greenpeace allegations about illegality in the timber industry in Pará, Brazil, Brooks Bros and James Latham plc have taken ipé off sale. Both have also put an FSC-only rule on all imports from Brazil.

Steer clear of Para, Greenpeace warns
14 July, 2014
Greenpeace has come close to urging importers in the UK and the rest of Europe not to buy timber from Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para due to the percentage harvested illegally.

Saint-Gobain pulls ipe and works with Greenpeace
14 July, 2014
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD), parent of Jewson and International Timber, has taken ipe off sale at the companies after Greenpeace raised doubts about its legality documentation and highlighted that its suppliers had been previously fined for “forest crimes”.

Kebony courts palace show
08 July, 2014
Kebony has been specified for a treehouse at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower show.