Merchant sales continue year-on-year growth
Sales through specialist plumbing merchants during the third quarter of 2021 were higher than the same quarter in both 2020 and 2019
Daikin opens sustainable home centre in North Wales
Daikin UK has opened its first Sustainable Home Centre in North Wales, in partnership with the merchant Thorncliffe Building Supplies
PHG Plumbing Heating Group hosts supplier awards
Plumbing, heating and bathroom buying group PHG hosted the PHG Supplier Awards at the Carden Park Hotel in Chester earlier this month
Roman wins Queen’s Award
Shower designer and manufacturer Roman has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for International Trade for a second time
SNIPEF announces Jim Butter as its new president
SNIPEF, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s Plumbing and Heating industry’s trade association, announced that Jim Butter has been named as the new president with effect from 27 May 2022
Tool theft from vans reaches record-high, study finds
Tool theft has increased significantly in the last 12 months with more than a third of van drivers falling victim up from a quarter the year before, a study by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has revealed
Exports minister visits Roman
Shower designer and manufacturer Roman has welcomed Mike Freer, the minister for exports, and Paul Howell, the MP of Sedgefield, to its headquarters in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
Further hydrogen investment welcomed
A government target to double hydrogen gas production as part of a new energy strategy this week has been welcomed
Millions more facing fuel poverty after October
National Energy Action has released worrying new figures as energy experts Cornwall Insight predicts average energy bill could reach £3,250 per year by October
BMF agrees group membership with PHG
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has agreed a group membership scheme with PHG, the merchant buying group for the plumbing, heating, and bathroom sector