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Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
|Date: 11 February, 2025

Applications open for BMI’s industry-leading roofing apprenticeship competition
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the ...
BMI is calling on the next generation of the nation’s roofers to apply for the 2025 BMI Apprentice of the Year competition. Now in its eighth year, the competition offers a chance for roofing apprenti ...
11 February, 2025
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How to get more roofing business
|Date: 28 January, 2025

How to get more roofing business
Simon Garbett, Category Manager Roof Systems at Wienerberger, explains how roofers can keep their share o ...
Simon Garbett, Category Manager Roof Systems at Wienerberger, explains how roofers can keep their share of business and gain a competitive edge as demand for solar energy increases. As the UK homebuil ...
28 January, 2025
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BoB completes project for a roofer who broke his back
|Date: 26 December, 2024

BoB completes project for a roofer who broke his back
Volunteer tradespeople have come together to finish a small extension at the home of a North Lanarkshire ...
Volunteer tradespeople have come together to finish a small extension at the home of a North Lanarkshire roofer who was left unable to complete the project he started after breaking his back and neck ...
26 December, 2024
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Makita’s core products every roofer should have
|Date: 13 September, 2021

Makita’s core products every roofer should have
In the next instalment of our Toolbox series with Makita the team look at the core products that every ro ...
In the next instalment of our Toolbox series with Makita the team look at the core products that every roofer should keep close at hand. For cutting roof tiles, slates, capping stones and composite pa ...
13 September, 2021
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Marley’s ‘Safe In The Sun’ campaign supports The British Skin Foundation
|Date: 9 September, 2021

Marley’s ‘Safe In The Sun’ campaign supports The British Skin Foundation
It may be the last blast of summer but, Marley, the UK’s leading roof system manufacturer, is reminding r ...
It may be the last blast of summer but, Marley, the UK’s leading roof system manufacturer, is reminding roofers of the importance of staying ‘Safe in the Sun’, whilst supporting the British Skin Found ...
9 September, 2021
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The sun’s here but don’t forget to stay safe says Marley
|Date: 4 August, 2021

The sun’s here but don’t forget to stay safe says Marley
With temperatures set to rocket over the next week, builders, roofers and contractors need to keep safe i ...
With temperatures set to rocket over the next week, builders, roofers and contractors need to keep safe in the sun says Marley, the UK’s leading roof system manufacturer. Marley’s message is simple:- ...
4 August, 2021
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Klober supports roofers of tomorrow
|Date: 16 March, 2021

Klober supports roofers of tomorrow
Leading roofing and ventilation component manufacturer, Klober, has shown support for young roofers last ...
Leading roofing and ventilation component manufacturer, Klober, has shown support for young roofers last year, by donating materials to a number of colleges nationwide. The contribution marks part of ...
16 March, 2021
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Stay safe in the sun
|Date: 24 June, 2020

Stay safe in the sun
Most parts of the UK are currently experiencing a heatwave, following record-breaking temperatures in spr ...
Most parts of the UK are currently experiencing a heatwave, following record-breaking temperatures in spring, so Marley is reminding roofers and construction workers to be aware of the damage caused b ...
24 June, 2020
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Cambrian slates
|Date: 12 February, 2019

Cambrian slates
Manufactured to be lightweight with a thin leading edge and surface patterning taken from impressions of ...
Manufactured to be lightweight with a thin leading edge and surface patterning taken from impressions of real natural slates, and proven on pitches as low as 15°, BMI Cambrian Slates are suitable for ...
12 February, 2019
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The importance of fixing specifications
|Date: 12 December, 2018

The importance of fixing specifications
In the latest of our series Mat Woodyatt, from BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the risks of not obser ...
In the latest of our series Mat Woodyatt, from BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the risks of not observing minimum fix standards. Under the old standard – prior to the introduction of BS 5534: 2014 ...
12 December, 2018
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Step-by-Step: Installing a Dry Verge
|Date: 26 May, 2016

Step-by-Step: Installing a Dry Verge
Changes to the British Standard code of practice for slating and tiling, BS 5534, have paved the way for ...
Changes to the British Standard code of practice for slating and tiling, BS 5534, have paved the way for Redland’s latest system, the Rapid Verge and Ambi-Dry Verge for Redland 49 tiles and Fenland Pa ...
26 May, 2016
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