Footballing legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Sky Sportscommentator Martin Tyler teamed up recently to open the doors on MKM’s new Aldershot branch. Customers, fans, and staff all witnessed ‘Just how the pros do it’, with twice Premier League Golden Boot Winner, Hasselbaink, taking penalties against MKMAldershot Co-Branch Director, Matthew Ince, while Martin Tyler provided expert […]Read More

ToughBuilt’s commitment to ensuring safer workplaces has been independently recognised by the UK’s leading trade body for the safety industry, the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF). The manufacturer of hand tools, jobsite products and PPE received two commendations at the recent Safety & Health Excellence (SHE) Awards, which are held in conjunction with the BSIF. […]Read More

DM Hall, a well-established firm of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland, is celebrating a historic milestone with a symbolic investment in the future. To mark its 125th anniversary, the nationally operating firm is planting 125 trees in Cashel Forest, a 3,000-acre estate which is being transformed with native Scottish species, into the “Forest for a Thousand […]Read More

Covers Timber & Builders Merchants welcomed Gillian Keegan, the Conservative MP for Chichester, to its depot in early March. Ms Keegan was given a tour of the depot by Chichester Trade Centre ManagerMartyn Beck and TimberDirector Neil Woods, who explainedits operations and products as well as how the business gets involved with community projects and charitable giving. […]Read More

STIHL GB has unveiled plans to build a new 11,500m2 purpose-designed headquarters and state-of-the-art warehouse facility near to its current premises in Camberley, Surrey. Due for completion in December 2022, the site will be home to nearly 100 employees and will boast dedicated dealer training facilities, an on-site restaurant, flexible collaborative workspaces and a technical […]Read More

Following some unavoidable Covid-related delays, the ground has been broken for the expansion of Liebherr-Great Britain Limited headquarters in Biggleswade. Within the 15-acre site, there are plans to house the machinery firm state-of-the-art new facility which will include preparation workshops for earthmoving, mobile crane and concrete divisions, a customer centre as well as welfare for […]Read More

Travis Perkins plc, the supplier of building materials and equipment and a partner to the construction industry, has launched two new data apprenticeships, including a data fellowship and an advanced data fellowship. These apprenticeships have been launched to improve colleagues’ data and analytical skills and understanding and will cover areas such as using data for […]Read More

Complete Weed Control, the Carluke-based ground maintenance specialist business, has been appointed to play a vital role in managing one of the UK’s leading waste and resource management company’s habitat management plans. FCC Environment operates a UK-wide range of waste management sites including material recycling facilities (MRF), energy from waste (EfW) plants and landfill sites. […]Read More

A new International Safety Committee (ISC) has been created by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), to assist in globalising standards development and effective implementation, and promoting awareness about industry safe practice. The new committee is born out of the existing IPAF Accident Work Group of the IPAF UK Country Council, which has been instrumental […]Read More

Arbor Forest Products is launching its digital asset library for Trex products as well as some of its own complementary products, providing stockists with easy access to media such as images, brochures and technical information. The North Lincolnshire-based independent timber importer and processor, which is the exclusive distributor of Trex composite decking products in the UK […]Read More