AND FINALLY Industry tees off for Maddie Rose Golf Day
The building materials sector came together on a glorious day at the end of May for a day of fairways, fellowship and fundraising, in aid of the Maddie Rose Campaign. The quality of the company and the evening Yellow Tie dinner, hosted by Martin Bayfield, the former rugby international, was undeniable, the quality of the golf, the
singing, and the outfits more questionable.
That being said, the prize for the Longest Drive went to Tom Drage, Nearest the Pin was won by Richard Murphy, the top scoring team was made up of Shanker Patel, Neil Lake, Jamie Herd and John Alavert. Paul Bence somehow managed to blag himself the Best Individual
Score, while David Young pipped a number of others to the Best Dressed Golfer.
Dinner attendees were greeted by Steve Durdant-Hollamby, while Jamie Pierce updated diners on the progress of the Maddie Rose Campaign, and its next steps. The Yellow Tie evening concluded with a raffle, a silent auction of amazing prizes, a
definitely not-silent auction conducted by Nick Boyle, and a final rousing rendition of Sweet Caroline.
Nearly £40,000 was raised for the Maddie Rose Campaign, which works to highlight employment opportunities in the building materials sector, opening it up to young people who might not otherwise have considered it.
Zombie apocalypse: head to Cardiff for safety
Merchants and suppliers based in and around Cardiff will be best placed to survive a Zombie apocalypse, according to a new report which ranks UK cities by how fast you can escape in a crisis. Anyone working out of MKM’s head office in Hull, though, we have bad news for you.
A press release hit the BMJ
newsdesk this week from EPD, a parts and components seller for construction and industrial machinery, which ranked the best and worst UK cities for surviving a fictional zombie outbreak based on real-world data. The index scores cities on six criteria, including traffic congestion, road quality, car ownership, access to green space, and the availability of fuel.
Cardiff takes the top spot as the most ‘zombie-proof’ UK city, with 74% of locals having access to 1 or more cars, low congestion levels (34%) and low population density giving residents the best shot at making a rapid escape.
The top 5 cities for escaping a zombie outbreak are:
City Cardiff
Plymouth Sheffield
Index Score 82.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 79.6 Leeds
73.6 67.0 61.0
Above: Hull, Queen Victoria’s Fountain
The worst 5 cities to survive a zombie apocalypse escape are:
City Liverpool
Southampton Brighton
Portsmouth
Index Score 42.3 42.2 41.1 38.7
Kingston-upon-Hull 35.4
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www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net June 2025
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