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    Online training for tradespeople

    TRAINING WEBSITE The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced the launch of its new training we ...

    TRAINING WEBSITE The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced the launch of its new training website. The resource will allow learners to sit accredited examinations online.  It also deliver ...

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    Toupret announces all-new app

    Toupret, the professional’s choice for quality fillers, has today announced the release of its very first ...

    Toupret, the professional’s choice for quality fillers, has today announced the release of its very first app, designed to make the work of tradespeople across the country as easy as possible by helpi ...

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    Best products for the trades

    PROMOTION The 2022 Fusion initiative from Carl Kammerling International (CKI), the home of C.K Tools, is ...

    PROMOTION The 2022 Fusion initiative from Carl Kammerling International (CKI), the home of C.K Tools, is offering tradespeople and contractors a welcome discount with 170 products on promotion across ...

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    How to get the best results from preservative-treated timber

    Not all treated timber is the same. David Hopkins, CEO of Timber Development UK, offers some advice on ho ...

    Not all treated timber is the same. David Hopkins, CEO of Timber Development UK, offers some advice on how to make sure you get the best results from preservative-treated timber. As a builder, you kno ...

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    Marley's European Redwood boards

      Marley CitiDeck® timber decking is the perfect accompaniment to the whimsical treehouse designs an ...

      Marley CitiDeck® timber decking is the perfect accompaniment to the whimsical treehouse designs and imaginative play structures made by Huubie Build.   With the Marley range of quality Eur ...

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    Counterfeiters target C.K Tools

    C.K Tools, the hand tool specialist, is warning the electrical trade to watch out for fake versions of it ...

    C.K Tools, the hand tool specialist, is warning the electrical trade to watch out for fake versions of its top-selling Cable Cutter (3963) after being targeted by counterfeiters. Carl Kammerling Inter ...

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    Martindale’s ‘winning tips’ for Non-Contact Voltage and Magnetic Field Detection

    One of the most trusted brands in electrical safety, Martindale Electric’s NC Series of Non-Contact Teste ...

    One of the most trusted brands in electrical safety, Martindale Electric’s NC Series of Non-Contact Testers enable electricians and maintenance teams to quickly and safely identify live wiring and det ...

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    A services industry

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones investigates a charitable endeavour that’s arming former military person ...

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones investigates a charitable endeavour that’s arming former military personnel with the skills for a second career in construction. Members of our armed forces are moulde ...

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    Save time on site without compromising on quality

    Andy Cummins, Senior Product Manager at Purdy explains how choosing the right painting and decorating too ...

    Andy Cummins, Senior Product Manager at Purdy explains how choosing the right painting and decorating tools and accessories can save time on site without compromising on quality. A common issue with l ...

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    Invisible brick has launched

    Local builders merchant Gibbs & Dandy has launched the ‘invisible brick’ charity initiative in partne ...

    Local builders merchant Gibbs & Dandy has launched the ‘invisible brick’ charity initiative in partnership with Band of Builders to raise money for tradespeople who are facing challenging circumst ...

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    Pliers wrenches from KNIPEX

    KNIPEX Pliers Wrench Set comes in hard wearing tool roll. Pliers wrenches from KNIPEX are ideally suited ...

    KNIPEX Pliers Wrench Set comes in hard wearing tool roll. Pliers wrenches from KNIPEX are ideally suited for the gentle gripping, holding, pressing and bending of workpieces, with each one replacing a ...

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    Grant UK to streamline Vortex oil boiler range

    In July, Grant UK’s Vortex oil-fired boiler range will be streamlined with a number of the existing model ...

    In July, Grant UK’s Vortex oil-fired boiler range will be streamlined with a number of the existing models being consolidated to make ordering products easier and more straightforward. Grant UK’s oil ...

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    How feature walls are being used

    Jason Burns of FrogTape looks at how feature walls are being used at work and at home, to help buildings ...

    Jason Burns of FrogTape looks at how feature walls are being used at work and at home, to help buildings adapt to the new demands being placed upon them.  The last two years have made us all look at o ...

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    The new VW Caddy Cargo

    You don’t need a Caddy to win the best drive competition.…but it helps! Fore! Well, five actually – that ...

    You don’t need a Caddy to win the best drive competition.…but it helps! Fore! Well, five actually – that was the shout from Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) when it introduced its fifth generation Caddy va ...

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    Band of Builders’s 25th project

    Volunteers from a national building charity have answered a call for help to make adaptations to the Plym ...

    Volunteers from a national building charity have answered a call for help to make adaptations to the Plymouth home of a former West End child actress and dancer – who has worked with the likes of Sam ...

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    Tibby Singh on roofing squares with Faithfull

    I found it interesting learning about Pythagoras’s theorem and Trigonometry while at school but couldn’t ...

    I found it interesting learning about Pythagoras’s theorem and Trigonometry while at school but couldn’t get my head around where it would be applied later in life. Years down the line I became a carp ...

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