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Get your yellow on again for Maddie’s Day 2026
September 18th is Maddie’s Day, when everyone across the industry is encouraged to wear something yellow, and share images of their best yellow selves across the social media to raise awareness of the Maddie Rose Foundation.
The Foundation promotes and supports young people across the building material supplies sector, helping them to enter, progress and shine in this vibrant, welcoming industry. Wear a yellow bucket hat, the brightest yellow T-Shirt, a pair of lemon- coloured shorts, a neon yellow kipper tie, or a sun-dress that’s the colour of sunflowers. Or, just find the brightest, most yellow flowers you can and post a picture of them.
Donations to the Maddie Rose Foundation are always welcome, however, Maddie’s Day is about more than fundraising, it’s about raising awareness of the Foundation. More than that, it celebrates the life of Maddie, who so loved this sector, and who inspired so many to come together in
her name to build future careers. Whatever you wear, wherever you post your images, use the hashtags #maddierosefoundation or #maddie’sday26 and make your yellow count.
• For more details on the Foundation’s aims and work, or to donate
www.maddierosefoundation.
org.uk
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Travis Perkins Hire management team goes back to the floor
Senior leaders from Travis Perkins Hire gave branch colleagues a day off when they took over their jobs for a day. Travis Perkins Hire managing director Ian Sharman-Jones led the members of the senior leadership team at the Bristol St Philips branch.
The team carried out a range of jobs, including serving customers both in- person and on the phone as well as testing and cleaning equipment. Regular members of the Bristol St Philips’ team were each given a day off from their job as a reward for winning an internal competition. The teams at Bristol St Philips and Aylesbury came out on top to trigger the main prize, while more than 30 branches won vouchers for pizza.
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