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Screwfix searches for Britain’s Top Tradesperson
|Date: 10 July, 2019

Screwfix searches for Britain’s Top Tradesperson
The Britain’s Top Tradesperson competition run by Screwfix is now open for entries. The annual competitio ...
The Britain’s Top Tradesperson competition run by Screwfix is now open for entries. The annual competition, now in its 10th year, has a top prize of a £20k trade bundle, which includes £10k worth of t ...
10 July, 2019
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New PM must take action on construction growth
|Date: 10 July, 2019

New PM must take action on construction growth
The latest statistics suggest the construction industry is stagnating and the Federation of Master Builde ...
The latest statistics suggest the construction industry is stagnating and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is urging the Government to take action. Commenting on the latest construction output ...
10 July, 2019
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Speed trumps cost as primary concern for roofers
|Date: 3 July, 2019

Speed trumps cost as primary concern for roofers
The speed at which suppliers can get graded timber batten to site appears to be overtaking cost as the pr ...
The speed at which suppliers can get graded timber batten to site appears to be overtaking cost as the primary concern for roofing contractors. That’s the finding of a recent campaign run by SR Timber ...
3 July, 2019
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Help raise £20k for Simon Antonelli
|Date: 3 July, 2019

Help raise £20k for Simon Antonelli
The heating and plumbing community is coming together to help fund the purchase of Simon Antonelli’s busi ...
The heating and plumbing community is coming together to help fund the purchase of Simon Antonelli’s business, SA Plumbing Solutions. Simon explained his situation in a Facebook post: “I was diagnosed ...
3 July, 2019
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Revealed: finalists for BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019
|Date: 28 June, 2019

Revealed: finalists for BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019
Twenty of the country’s best roofing apprentices are getting ready for the two-day final that will see tw ...
Twenty of the country’s best roofing apprentices are getting ready for the two-day final that will see two of them awarded the title of either pitched or flat roofing BMI Apprentice of the Year 2019. ...
28 June, 2019
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Have your say on Professional Builder for a chance to win a Makita DAB site radio
|Date: 27 June, 2019

Have your say on Professional Builder for a chance to win a Makita DAB site radio
The 2019 Professional Builder reader survey is your chance to have your say on the content and future dir ...
The 2019 Professional Builder reader survey is your chance to have your say on the content and future direction of the magazine. We appreciate all feedback. We want to make sure we are providing you w ...
27 June, 2019
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Call for end to single-use plastic in construction
|Date: 26 June, 2019

Call for end to single-use plastic in construction
Hot on the heels of the recent #TradesTalk discussion on excessive packaging in construction, the Nationa ...
Hot on the heels of the recent #TradesTalk discussion on excessive packaging in construction, the National Federation for Builders (NFB) has said the industry must reduce its dependence on single-use ...
26 June, 2019
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PipeSnug to be stocked in more merchants
|Date: 25 June, 2019

PipeSnug to be stocked in more merchants
PipeSnug has teamed up with national distributor Davant, which will significantly expand the product's av ...
PipeSnug has teamed up with national distributor Davant, which will significantly expand the product's availability. PipeSnug gives a quicker and smarter finish around pipework. It began life as an id ...
25 June, 2019
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Professional Builder magazine now available online
|Date: 19 June, 2019

Professional Builder magazine now available online
We are delighted to share that Professional Builder – your favourite magazine for the trades – is now ava ...
We are delighted to share that Professional Builder – your favourite magazine for the trades – is now available online, starting with the June 2019 issue. Every month, each issue will be uploaded so y ...
19 June, 2019
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Charity needs your old tools
|Date: 17 June, 2019

Charity needs your old tools
RGB Building Supplies has joined forces with South West-based charity Amigos to collect unused tools that ...
RGB Building Supplies has joined forces with South West-based charity Amigos to collect unused tools that will be donated to young people in Africa. Until Wednesday 31st July, pre-loved hand, power an ...
17 June, 2019
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200 years until equal numbers of men and women working in construction
|Date: 11 June, 2019

200 years until equal numbers of men and women working in construction
GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve equality in terms of t ...
GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve equality in terms of the numbers of men and women working in the construction industry. GMB's analysis shows at the c ...
11 June, 2019
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Bristol builders on bikes
|Date: 7 June, 2019

Bristol builders on bikes
Builders on one of Bristol’s biggest developments will be commuting to site on bikes, to help ease conges ...
Builders on one of Bristol’s biggest developments will be commuting to site on bikes, to help ease congestion. Construction workers at the Assembly Bristol project will be using Brompton bikes to comm ...
7 June, 2019
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Website for the trades ditches reviews
|Date: 6 June, 2019

Website for the trades ditches reviews
A website set up for the general public to find tradespeople has ditched the 'reviewing' element claiming ...
A website set up for the general public to find tradespeople has ditched the 'reviewing' element claiming the system has become 'worthless'. We have all become used to reading online reviews for anyth ...
6 June, 2019
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The importance of dust extraction
|Date: 4 June, 2019

The importance of dust extraction
Steve Johnson, territory manager, end user team at Festool, discusses the importance of dust extraction. ...
Steve Johnson, territory manager, end user team at Festool, discusses the importance of dust extraction. As all tradespeople know, working with any material produces dust that is often harmful. Constr ...
4 June, 2019
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Which trade is the best at reverse parking?
|Date: 31 May, 2019

Which trade is the best at reverse parking?
How good are the trades at reversing and parking? This is what Peugeot decided to investigate by inviting ...
How good are the trades at reversing and parking? This is what Peugeot decided to investigate by inviting six tradesmen to go head-to-head in a unique challenge to test their driving capabilities and ...
31 May, 2019
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Join MEDITE SMARTPLY’s road trip this summer
|Date: 30 May, 2019

Join MEDITE SMARTPLY’s road trip this summer
This summer, timber panel manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY is embarking on a road trip around the UK and Irel ...
This summer, timber panel manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY is embarking on a road trip around the UK and Ireland. The tour comes after a succession of product launches from the brand throughout 2019 so fa ...
30 May, 2019
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