AI “hands merchants time to do more”
Kelly Stafford, Regional Account Manager at Merlin ERP, shares how AI is helping builders’ merchants who are short on time and long on jobs.
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Four new Freemen join WCoBM
Four new Freemen were admitted to the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants at a recent ceremony, taking the total number of Liverymen and Freemen to 263.
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Major production, distribution and showroom investment from Made For Trade
Made for Trade has announced a major expansion of its UK operations with a new facility in Northampton that will become a key production, distribution and showroom site f...
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“Supplier price increases hitting merchants hard”
The latest update from MRA Reports on the general builders’ merchant market shows that merchants’ single biggest problem in Q2 2026 - by some margin - was supplier price...
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The new buying group that is “by the merchants, for the merchants…”
Since 2025, The Merchant’s Choice says that it has proved that a buying group for independent plumbers’ merchants and bathroom showrooms can run on a simple promise: no s...
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EchoPay toolkit “puts margin control back in merchants’ hands”
EchoPay's merchant toolkit pairs commercial card surcharging with pay-by-bank to give builders’, electrical, plumbing and timber merchants “two practical levers against r...
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‘Stock in every branch’: Freefoam supports growth at LBS
Highlighting its long-standing relationship with LBS, Freefoam explains how it supports builders’ merchants by establishing strong partnerships based on “trust, service a...
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Klipboard research reveals “98% of UK distributors deal with late payments”
An independent report commissioned by Klipboard has revealed that late payments have become “almost universal across the wholesale and distribution sector.”
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Burnham has the “opportunity to reset Britain’s approach to construction and infrastructure”
The incoming prime minister can “end a fifteen-year cycle of political churn that has held back growth far more than any shortage of funding or ambition,” according to Ho...
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Huws Gray Group agree new two-year partnership with Pro Ref
Huws Gray Group and Professional Game Referees (Pro Ref) have agreed a new two-year extension to their partnership.
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