1500 new product lines launched Leading lighting designer and manufacturer Ansell Lighting has launched its latest product catalogue, S16, with 1,500 new product lines, including new specialist healthcare products and the most comprehensive LED strip lighting range on the market. While the company, which recently received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation, has a…
Screwfix has partnered with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to roll out defibrillators in all of its stores across the UK and Ireland, becoming the first trade retailer to roll-out defibrillators on this scale. With more than 870 stores across the UK and Ireland, Screwfix is perfectly placed to provide the lifesaving devices in the…
Two apprentice electricians, Harry Baines and DJ Earley, have reached the final of the 2023 Screwfix Trade Apprentice award From 1,700 entries, the top 10 have been selected to attend the national final in May One winner will be named Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2023 and receive a career-boosting trade bundle worth £10,000 Ten ambitious apprentices,…
A new report reveals UK businesses’ online sales soared from £227.4bn in 2014 to £459.2bn in 2021. The home delivery expert ParcelHero says own website sales far eclipsed online marketplace results, while microbusinesses punched well above their weight. Businesses also aired their biggest marketplace gripes A new Office for National Statistics (ONS) report into the…
The amount of goods Brits bought in March fell by -0.9%. However, e-commerce sales shrugged off the slump as we all spent 0.8% more online. Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for March paint a mixed picture. It’s likely that shortages of some foods, particularly fruit and veg, drove down retail sales…
The retailer has introduced a pay rise of 9.4 per cent for all colleagues at entry level and in all store and operations roles. It means that the hourly rate for entry level colleagues will increase to £10.60. Jag Nagra, HR Director for Toolstation, says: “We’re a business that cares about our colleagues and this…
The ONS has released its latest monthly Consumer Price Index this morning, showing that inflation has fallen to 10.1 per cent. Here, three CEOs of UK SMEs comment on what the data means for British businesses… Chieu Cao, CEO of Mintago, said: “It’s poignant that today’s inflation data comes right in the middle of Stress…
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce that it has selected Children’s Hospice South West as its charity partner for 2023-24, and will be organising branch-wide fundraising events throughout the next 12 months. Children’s Hospice South West, founded in 1991, provides care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families, including respite…
The Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA)has released the findings of its Digitalisation Survey 2023, offering a clear picture of the current state of digitalisation of the UK’s electrotechnical supply chain, with a particular focus on Wholesalers and Manufacturers and the sale and distribution of electrotechnical products. The results also provide valuable market information and insight for…
Tradespeople have been given the chance to secure pricing certainty during 2023 after a leading builders merchant introduced a special quote guarantee scheme. Selco Builders Warehouse has launched its ‘Quote Lock’ initiative to run throughout April, fixing the prices on quotes for six months. The scheme is open to any official quote issued by Selco…