Builders Merchants Federation


Elliott Court, Coventry Business Park, Herald Avenue, Coventry CV5 6UB Tel: 024 7685 4980 Fax: 02476 010390


Email: info@bmf.org.uk www.bmf.org.uk


Final line-up confirmed for BMF Industry Forum in Budapest


Final line-up confirm


Travis Perkins Director Andrew Harrison and award-winning broadcaster, Steph McGovernr,, Steph McG complete the line-up for an


inspiring Industry Forum that sets the tone for second day at the BMF All Industry Conference in Budapest next June.


The Industry Forum is a unique feature of the Conference that encourages delegates from every


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sector of our industry to debate key issues. Andrew and Steph will join Glen Sabin of Polypipe and Shanker Patel of the Lords Gr oup to lead the proceedings. They will each offer their own perspective to help set the agenda for the Q&A that follows.


John Newcomb, BMF MD said: “With Andrew and Steph confirmed to speak at the Industry


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Forum alongside Glenn and Shanker this session will kick- start a Super Satur day programme at the


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BMF All Industry Conference.” The BMF All Industry


Conference takes place in


Budapest from 15 to 18 June 2017 at the five-star Intercontinental Hotel. Broadcaster and TV


Wavin to host latest BMF Regional Centre of Excellence


Wavin is providing the BMF’ latest Regional Centre of Excellence, the first in Y


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he BMF’s Yorkshire,


at their Doncaster manufacturing and distribution centre of Hep2O Plumbing & Heating Systems. The BMF plans to open over 20 such centres, each designed to give members in the local area access to BMF training and events much closer to home. The Yorkshire Centre will hit the gr ound running in the ear, with three one-day


Yo New Y r,Ye sales training courses already


scheduled for January and March. The next Y


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Yo ry, February


Yorkshire


Regional meeting will also be held there in May.


John Stephenson, BMF


Regional Manager, attendedr,, at the launch with BMF MD John Newcomb and Chris King,


Wavin UK & Ireland Commercial Director.


John Stephenson said “Wavin is providing the BMF with a superb facility which will be widely used by our members in Yorkshire. They have been


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extremely hospitable and I look forward to working with them to plan and host a wide range of our regional events.”


BMF launches new training roadmap


The BMF have launched a Training Roadmap which is a multi-lateral visualisation of all current BMF training courses, showing BMF training can be done in various pathways. There is no prescribed path of progression.


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The Roadmap highlights the wide range of BMF training and skills development for employees of merchants, distributors and suppliers, be they Yar


Ya d and Counter Staff,


Sales Staff and Managers or Directors.


Training can be arranged


privately in your company or you can send employees to open courses the BMF organises at venues local to your company. For more information contact James Spillane at james. spillane@bmf.org.uk


BMF welcomes into membership:


City Plumbing Supplies Plumbing Trade Supplies F & P Wholesale AJ Paveley & Co


TRS (Cheltenham) Ltd T/A The Roof Shop Ideal Standard


Forterra Grundfos


Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant


Supplier Supplier Supplier


personality, Gethin Jones, will hosty,, Geth the event, which has already sold out. Further details are available on the Conference website, www. bmfconference2017.co.uk


New team heads YM


The BMF’ Yo’s oung Merchants Group has elected, Victoria


s Young


Fiddies, Regional Sales Manager at Catnic - Tata Steel, as Chair and Glenn Paddison, Branch Director at MKM Building Supplies, as Vice Chair.


Ta ata S Victoria, who was previously


Vice Chair, takesr,, takes over from Jamie Pierce, who has just completed his two-year term heading up the gr oup.


Victoria said “I am very excited to have the opportunity to take on the role of Chair and I am looking forward to working with Glenn. Jamie set a high standard and the Young Mer


Yo oung M chants Group


has grown rapidly over the last couple of years through the hard work that we put in to promote it and make it relevant to the younger generation working in our industry.”


Commenting on his appointment as Vice Chair r,,


Glenn Paddison said “I’m really honoured to have been selected by my peers as Vice Chair. There are a lot of talented young people in our great industry and I feel really lucky to be involved in such a passionate group of like-minded people, all striving to achieve great things in their careers.”


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