BMF Shortlisted for four Memcom Awards INDUSTRY
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has been shortlisted in four categories of the prestigious Memcom Excellence Awards, which celebrate innovation and creativity in UK Trade Associations and Professional Membership Organisations.
The BMF is shortlisted for Best Trade Association, Best Celebratory Event - in recognition of the inaugural Top 100 Influential Merchants, and the
Best Use of Data – acknowledging the BMF’s ground-breaking Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI). In addition, BMF CEO John Newcomb has been
shortlisted for the Memcom CEO Leadership Award. The Awards are run by Memcom, the senior leadership network for the professional membership sector that has been helping individuals and organisations shape and achieve their goals since 2000. BMF CEO John Newcomb
said: “We are once again honoured and delighted to see the BMF’s work acknowledged
by our peers in the membership community. We are constantly striving to ensure members gain value from their membership. I’m particularly pleased that the work of the whole BMF team has been recognised through our nomination as Best Trade Association.”
The Award winners will be announced on 26 September at a ceremony at the Hilton Bankside in London.
BMF Calls Up Special Forces for All Industry Conference
Ollie Ollerton, one of the first former members of the UK Special Forces to talk about their experiences and turn them into a positive force for good, is the final speaker to be announced for the BMF All Industry Conference, taking place in Istanbul in June. Ollie joined the Royal Marine Commandos aged 18 and was soon recommended for Special Forces Selection. After joining the Special Boat Service, he undertook operations in some of
the most dangerous and remote locations on Earth, involving hostage rescue, counter narcotics, and counter terrorism.
He went on to use his expertise as a private contractor in Iraq where he was responsible for employing and training 2,000 Iraqi guard force, before heading to South-East Asia to command a four-man team that infiltrated child trafficking rings, a cause that remains close to his heart today.
Returning to the UK after 10
years overseas, Ollie became part of the Directing Staff on the hit TV show, Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and now appears on the Australian show, SAS Australia.
Sustainability High on Ufemat Vision for Success at Dublin Conference
Sustainability and the reduction of packaging waste was high on the agenda of UFEMAT’s 63rd European Building Materials Conference attended by over 100 delegates representing builders’ merchants, building materials manufacturers from 12 different countries.
This year’s Conference took the theme “A Vision for Success” and John Newcomb, the current UFEMAT President and CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation, outlined the new vision, mission
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and values for the European Association of national builders’ merchants and manufacturers trade bodies.
The main business programme covered sustainable packaging and the importance of reducing waste, safety at work and vocational training, the benefits of adopting ETIM as the standard data model for transactions across the construction supply chain and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
Sustainable packaging was also
the subject of this year’s UFEMAT Best Practice Award, which was won by Brick Manufacturer, Vandersanden, from a shortlist that included Knauf Insulation, Velux and The Pallet Loop. With the Conference taking place in Dublin, delegates also visited a branch of builders’ merchant T.J. O’Mahoney and heard from Martin Markey, CEO of Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) and Keith Giblin, CEO of the Allied Merchants Buying Association. Martin Markey analysed the Irish
building market and saw a growth potential for merchants of 10%. Keith Giblin highlighted the added value provided by buying groups both for members and suppliers. The Conference concluded with a visit to the European HQ of Microsoft in Dublin, and a memorable dinner at Johnnie Fox’s, the highest and one of the oldest pubs in Ireland!
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Alongside this, Ollie founded BreakPoint, a self-development company for the public and corporate world. He is also a best- selling author, with his fifth book hitting the shelves in May. John Newcomb BMF CEO said: “I’m delighted that Ollie has agreed to speak at our All Industry Conference, where he will share some of his experiences and explain how mental and physical strength combine to create a powerful force within us.”
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