INDUSTRY VOICE
BMF launches Building Blocks online training Building Blocks is a new online
training programme designed to introduce apprentices and other new starters to the intricacies of life in a builders’ merchant. The first two Building Blocks in the series – Timber as a Building Material and Heating and Hot Water Comfort - are now live on the BMF Campus
website and can also be delivered via merchants’
own Learning Management Systems. Key product groups will be covered in further blocks and the programme ultimately builds into a comprehensive guide to the industry and products sold by every type of merchant. • Find out more about BMF Building Blocks at www.
bmfcampus.co.uk
Further speakers announced for BMF All Industry Conference
THE BMF HAS announced more speakers for its sold-out All- Industry Conference in Dubrovnik from 13-16 June, sponsored by Crystal Direct, with the theme “Building Excellence.
Tony France, Sales Director of Ibstock Brick
Tony will give a supplier’s view. Tony is Sales Director
of Ibstock Brick, the UK’s market- leading brick manufacturer with 21 factories producing over 800 million bricks a year. He is also Supplier Advisor to the BMF Board and the BMBI ‘Expert’ for Bricks. Tony has worked in the brick industry for 34 years since joining the sales team of Steetley Brick & Tile in 1985.
Neil
Lawrence, COO of
Jewson and MD for Local Merchant Group
Neil’s career in merchanting spans over 35 years, since he started working life as a yard hand at UBM, moving through various roles there before it was acquired by Jewson. He’s experienced merchanting at every level, as a branch manager in Devon and Cornwall, a Midlands Area Director, and Regional Director before joining the Jewson Main Board initially as Operations Director and then Sales & Operations Director. Mark
Vandecruys, Chairman of Fedrus International
BMF DIARY DATES
MARCH 19
20 21 21
BMF SOUTH Plumbing & Heating Forum, BMF, Coventry
BMF NORTH Plumbing & Heating Forum, Polypipe, Doncaster
BMF North West regional meeting, Sentinel, Warrington
BMF North East regional meeting, venue TBC
26-27 BMF Branch Managers’ Forum, BMF, Coventry
27-28 Roofing, Cladding & Insulation Show, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
APRIL 2
3
10 10
BMF East Midlands regional meeting, Keystone, Swadlincote
BMF Marketing Forum, Worcester Bosch, Worcester
NMBS Exhibition, Ricoh Arena, Coventry BMF HR Forum, BMF, Coventry
12 16 25
30
MAY 14 15 16
23
BMF Anglia regional meeting, Ridgeons, Pampisford
BMF Decorative Forum, Crown Paints, Darwen
BMF Finance Forum, BMF, Coventry
BMF Supplier & Service Member Forum, JCB, Rocester
BMF Technology Forum, Sophos, Abingdon BMF Yorkshire regional meeting, venue TBC
BMF Transport & Distribution Forum, BMF, Coventry
BMF Timber Forum, BMF, Coventry
JUN 13-16 BMF All-Industry Conference, Dubrovnik
JULY 11
Bob Beaver Memorial Shoot, Royal Berkshire Shooting Ground
12-14 BMF Mastermerchant, Ambleside To book your place or for more information about BMF events please visit
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NOVEMBER 14
DECEMBER 4
BMF East Midlands regional meeting, venue TBC
BMF Yorkshire regional meeting, venue TBC
SEPTEMBER 5-8
OCTOBER 2
17 Pavestone Rally, Reims to Lake Como
18-19 BMF Members’ Day Annual Conference and Awards, St George’s Park, Tatenhill
BMF Marketing Forum, BMF, Coventry
8-10 UK Construction Week, NEC, Birmingham 15
BMF North East regional meeting, venue TBC
BMF Finance Forum, BMF, Coventry 17-19 UFEMAT Congress, Montreux, Switzerland
Bringing a European dimension to the debate, Mark is the co- owner and Chairman of Fedrus International, an independent Belgian distributor specialising in roofing and façade materials. Over the last ten years, Mark has overseen the growth of the group from a small entity to a multinational business using a buy-and-build strategy.
David Young, Managing
Director of Bradfords David will give a merchant’s view, drawing on his current role, heading one of the
country’s largest independents, and his earlier merchanting career within the Wolseley Group. David specialises in developing businesses through strong relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. He has been Managing Director of Bradfords Building Supplies since 2015.
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