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News Listing
The listening Bank
Whilst the national media’s
attention was focused on the
final party political leader’s
debate on April 29th, the
builders’ merchant trade press
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NBG supplier of the year awards 09
MANCHESTER: ToolBank, Lafarge Cement, and Donaldson Timber received supplier of the year awards at the NBG gala last week....more
Everbuild awarded NBG contract
Everbuild have been knocking on NBG’s supply door for some years now and had certainly done their homework before attending the negotiation meeting...more
Unimer & PfH Agreement
Poores of Acton are now working in partnership with Shepherds Busing Housing Group (SHBG), with 5,000 homes in West London. Poores of Acton signed up ...more
NBG focuses on future
Builders merchant buying group NBG LLP held its annual supplier awards on Monday at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester.
In a change to previ...more
NBG adds Dundee merchant to its members
Rembrand Builders' Merchants, based in Dundee, is to join the National Buying Group from 1 July.
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NBG completes first contract under category management
Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP has completed the first deal under its new category management structure which will see Everbuil...more
Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP has expanded with the addition of two new merchant members.
Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP has expanded with the addition of two new merchant members....more
NBG establishes move to category management
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PBS Newsletter
PBS Newsletter...more
Builders Supply Company takes over Kirkby's site
Builders Supply Company chairman Terry Hill told buildersmerchantsjournal.net that the company had been looking at expanding into the Ulverston area f...more
JT Dove set out on fundraising effort
Members of staff at Newcastle builders merchant JT Dove are aiming to raise £5,000 for their nominated charity - Toma Fund - this year. ...more
Builders merchants get on their bikes
Three members of staff at Middlesex builders merchants Crescent Building Supplies cycled from London to Brighton to raise money for the British heart ...more
Superglass offer CERT insulaton deal for merchants
Superglass offer CERT insulaton deal for merchants...more
The importance of Customer Service
Kellaway Building Supplies won twice in the 2008 Builders’ Merchants Awards for
Excellence, reclaiming the Best Customer Service Award and gaining th...more
We want to keep moving forward,” asserts Grant & Stone
PBM visited Grant & Stone to discuss its
focus on customer support, innovation
in IT and its ongoing plans for growth...more
JT Dove launches online building and plumbing store
Newcastle independent builders merchant JT Dove has launched its own online building and plumbing store. ...more
Branding at its best
Kellaway Building Supplies brand appears on Channel 4's Property Snakes and Ladders'...more
Devon builders merchant expands
Torquay-based builders merchants Inter-Line have opened a new branch in Totnes. ...more
NBG adds Scottish builders merchant
Rembrand Builders Merchants have joined the National Buying Group LLP, the independent builders merchant buying group....more
Dove celebrates £1.5m branch opening
STOCKTON: An independent merchant is leading the way in retail development with the opening of a new outlet in spite of the recession. JT Dove investe...more
JT Dove move out after 140 years
Independent builders merchants JT Dove have finally left their Newcastle city centre branch, after being there for 140 years....more
Q1 survey shows 'no respite' for construction
Construction output and employment are set to fall even further in 2009 and 2010, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Construction ...more
JT Dove invest in landscaping
Newcastle-based independent builders merchants J T Dove have opened a purpose-built landscaping centre at their Newburn branch....more
Old head on young shoulders
At 23, Andy Ankers is the youngest ever branch manager at JT Dove – and the current
BMF Apprentice of the Year as well. But he has his sights set on ...more
Inter- Line builders merchants has branched out
AWARD-WINNING green business, Inter-Line builders merchants has branched out in to the South Hams this week with the opening of a brand new unit....more
It's coming home!
Annual Inter Area Football Competition....more
Can £600m really kick-start the housing market?
The announcement or £600m to kick start sites and housebuilding...more
Budget 'at odds' with industry forecast model
UK: "Forecasting is a 'black art' but the chancellor's April 2009 Budget statement takes it to new levels," said Allan Durning, chief executive of the...more
NBG to develop green paper on way forward
NBG set to implement changes to its buying and management disciplines...more
NBG / Lafarge Cement ‘Postcrete Promotion’
Win a pair of Tickets
to a Top UK Event with Lafarge. ...more
NBG Partners Get Britain Building
Builders merchants across the UK are throwing themselves behind the Get Britain Building Campaign...more
NBG supports new initiative
Biggest Construction Coalition to Prevent 300,000 Job Losses...more
Building in Great Service – A Double Award for Kellaway…
Kellaway Building Supplies has recently won two prestigious national awards at the Builders Merchants Awards for Excellence....more
NBG 2008 Conference sees impressive turnout
More than 250 people crowded into the Hilton Hotel in Newcastle for the National Buying Group’s annual conference on 2nd December 2008....more
Impressive attendance at NBG annual conference
More than 250 people flock to Hilton Hotel in Newcastle for National Buying Group event on December 2....more
Severn Timber wins NBG award for second year
Severn Timber Products Ltd, SCA Timber Supply’s Welshpool operation, has been crowned Timber-based Products Supplier of the Year by the National Buyin...more
NBG majors on merchant strengths
The NBG builders merchants buying group is the best placed to get members through the tough times ahead....more
NBG timber merchant gets chain of custody certificate
Innes Building & Timber (Merchants) Ltd of Grangemouth have been awarded FSC and PEFC-accredited Chain of Custody certification....more
Frank Key buy Parker Severn Builders Merchants
Frank Key, the north Nottingham's independent builders merchant, have bought Parker Severn Builders Merchants out of administration. ...more
JT Dove build new merchant depot
Newcastle-based builders merchants JT Dove have opened a new merchant branch in Newburn....more
NBG take on specialist insulation distributor
Builders merchants buying group the National Buying Group have added another member, specialist insulation distributors W Madden, based in Leeds....more
NBG swell merchant numbers by five
Builders merchant buying group the National Buying Group have added six new members across their northern and central regions....more
Builders merchant plays host to strong men
Cowal Building and Plumbing Supplies feature on National Geographic TV about two of the world's strongest men....more
NBG builders merchant goes east
Glastonbury builders merchants Wollens have expanded their market further than might be expected....more
Stamco invest in fourth branch
The investement in a 1.5 acre site in Shoreham is part of Stamco Building supplies' long term expansion plans...more
Blanchfords celebrate 70 years
Oxfordshire builders merchants Blanchford & Co celebrate their 70th birthday on July 30....more
Building a supply chain for the future
NBG article in CIN magazine...more
NBG at the House of Commons.
NBG host their supply chain partners for lunch at the House of Commons....more
NBG add a further 3 companies
National Buying Group continues its growth strategy with the addition of three more independent businesses to the membership....more
Huws Gray recent acquisitions
Terry Owen MD of Huws Gray announces recent acquisitions of new branches...more
Apprenticeship Achiever
Alan Smith of Crescent Building Supplies (Ruislip) was awarded his NVQ Level 2 Certificate recently....more
Stan Boardman tees off at opening NBG Golf Event
Stan Boardman took to the greens along with national builders’ merchants and suppliers at the National Buying Group’s inaugural golf day at the Belfry...more
Daredevil Jezz raises large sum for charity
Sales assistant Jezz
Balcikonis put the welfare
of others before her own
safety to raise money for
charity by leaping off a
65ft high building in...more
NBG selects Rowlinson Timber as a preferred supplier
Rowlinson Timber is delighted to be selected as the preferred supplier of imported carcassing products to the NBG buying Group....more
Kellaway Building Supplies just got bigger!
Expanding to Keeping Customer Service Levels Flying High…...more
NBG member Parker Building Supplies has a staff winner of the National Lottery
LONG SERVING MEMBER OF PARKERS, JOHN PINYOUN SCOOPS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY JACKPOT. ...more
NBG MEMBERSHIP ENLARGEMENT CONTINUES
This week the National Buying Group (NBG) announced their second new member of 2008 -PGR Timber....more
NBG NAME TIMBER SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNER
NBG AWARD BSW KEY SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNER STATUS...more
BUDGET 2008
INDUSTRY REACTS COOLLY TO BUDGET...more
NBG Annual Supply Chain Conference 2007
The National Buying Group (NBG) chose the Carden Park Hotel, nr. Chester as the venue for their 2007 Annual Conference on 3rd December. ...more
Big news at Huws Gray
It's set to be a year of expansion for Welsh builders merchant Huws Gray after they announced the acquisition of a mid-Wales merchant....more
Merseyside's Leading Builders Merchant
Beers Timber & Building Supplies has had a continuous presence in Liverpool since 1916 and is now run by the fourth generation of the same family....more
MEMBERSHIP ENLARGEMENT ON TARGET FOR 2008
NBG WELCOMES THE ARRIVAL OF NAYLOR MYERS LTD, THIS NEW ADDITION TO THE NBG ORGANISATION STRENGTHENS THE NATIONAL BRANCH NETWORK AND ADDS A COMPANY OF ...more
BRADSTONE WIN NBG SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD
THE NATIONAL BUYING GROUP HAVE NAMED BRADSTONE AS SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AT THE FIRST OFFICIAL ANNUAL AWARDS FOR THE NBG....more
LBS and LABC announce new partnership
A unique Partnership Alliance has just been launched between LBS Builders Merchants in West Wales and their Local Authority Building Control (LABC)....more
Dunoon apprentice scoops prestigious industry award
A Dunoon builders merchant is celebrating after the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) crowned one of its trainees Scottish Apprentice of the Year....more
New training centre continues to raise customer service levels…
Kellaway Building Supplies launches new staff product training centre....more
Trading places
National Buying Group’s six figure investment in a new
computer system, designed to help facilitate its ambitious target of achieving
an annual turn...more
Kellaway Building Supplies Acquires Nailsea Builders Merchants.
Kellaway Building Supplies, Bristol’s premier independent builders merchant, has acquired Nailsea Builders Merchants in North Somerset....more
NEW MEMBER JOINS NBG
NBG WELCOMES C&S BUILDERS MERCHANTS(STAMFORD HILL)LTD...more
Builders SuppliesWest Coast anticipate a busy BMF NW Conference
BMFKendal:07 The 26th Autumn Conference in the North West will be held on 2-4 November 2007...more
KELLAWAY CELEBRATE 25 YEAR MILESTONE
KELLAWAY CELEBRATE 25 YEAR MILESTONE...more
Stamco Celebrates the Life of Leon Shepperdson
It is with great sadness that Stamco Timber announces the death of its charismatic Chairman, Leon Shepperdson. Leon passed away on 27 September after...more
County Building Supplies launch ECO alternative
Malvern's only independent builder's merchants, County Building Supplies has launched County Eco at Malvern Retail Park...more
Get On Track with Hunter and Marley
Karting track promotion running in September,October, November and December 2007...more
Parker Building Supplies just got bigger!
Parker Building Supplies new branch about to be unveiled at Haywards Heath...more
THE GREAT RIVER RACE 2007
NBG PRINCIPAL ANDREW WEISS OF ISAAC LORD LTD RAISES FUNDS FOR CHARITY....more
100 YEARS OF TRADING
FRANK KEY (NOTTINGHAM)LTD MAKE THEIR FIRST CENTURY...more
NBG INVESTMENT
NBG TRADING HUB INVESTMENT IS UNDERWAY....more
A ROYAL APPOINTMENT
LBS MANAGING DIRECTOR MARK DAVIES MEETS HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES....more
J T DOVE ACQUISITION
J T DOVE ARE ON THE ACQUISITION TRAIL......... AGAIN !...more
NBG &CEMEX COMPETITION
NBG & CEMEX LAUNCH THE NATIONAL BLOCK LAYERS COMPETITION FOR DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS....more
MEMBER ACQUISITION
KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES ARE ON THE ACQUISITION TRAIL......AGAIN!...more
MEMBER ACQUISITION
HUWS GRAY ARE ON THE ACQUISITION TRIAL......AGAIN!...more
NEW CONSTRUCTION MINISTER APPOINTED
STEPHEN TIMMS IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MINISTER IN THE NEW
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND REGULATORY REFORM
DBERR....more
KEY SUPPLIER GOES PUBLIC
NBG Key Supply Chain Partner, Superglass, have become a public company....more
ACQUISITION
NBG MEMBER JT DOVE LTD MAKE KEY ACQUISITION...more
New Members
NBG Enlargement on target Q1/07...more
S.A.C.H.D
Cheque presentation...more
ACQUISITION NEWS
NBG MEMBER WJ LEWIS HAVE ACQUIRED 100% OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF HARWOOD JACKSON (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LTD...more
NEW MEMBER
FEB 07, NBG WELCOME LOTHIAN BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD.
NBG IS ON TARGET WITH MEMBERSHIP ENLARGEMENT....more
Edinburgh Conference 2006
Conference jpeg photographs are available for the Regional Meetings in January...more
Charity Fund Raiser
NBG MEMBERS & KEY SUPPIERS raise over £3,500 for the Yorkhill Sick Childrens Hospital....more
New Members
January 2007,NBG welcomes Stamco ltd....more
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