Advice

  1. A Chip Off The Old Concrete Block

    28th October 2019

    When it comes to essential building products, old habits die hard – we like what we know and we know what we like. This is…

  2. Trevor’s Top Tips For Tool Hire

    25th October 2019

    From high-end excavators to your everyday drills, you can guarantee that you’ll be hiring tools for most jobs but are you taking the right precautions?…

  3. Handmade (Bricks) With Love

    5th October 2019

    If you’re a regular reader of this lovely blog (of course you are! It’s a font of knowledge) you’ll know all about the varieties of…

  4. Eat Right On-Site: Top Tips For Being Healthy At Work

    22nd September 2019

    You’re a fit lot, we know that. You’re on your feet grafting for 8, 10, 12 hours a day, so we’re not here to lecture…

  5. Tool Good To Resist: The Top 5 Upselling No Brainers

    18th September 2019

    Upselling – some people are natural salesman but for others it can be a tricky technique to master. But believe it or not, it’s not…

  6. Avoid Hitting A Wall When It Comes To Brick Blending: The hows, dos and don’ts of getting the perfect match

    5th September 2019

    We know how tricky it can be to match a brick, so we’ve spoken to our friends at Imperial Bricks, one of the UK’s leading…

  7. Tax Doesn’t Need To Be Taxing: All You Need To Know About The VAT Domestic Reverse Charge for Construction

    27th August 2019

    You might have spotted stories in the papers recently about changes to VAT which are due to come into effect from 1st October 2020. The…

  8. Introducing Build Aviator Lite: Making Lite Work of Estimating For Small Projects

    21st August 2019

    Say goodbye to spending precious time on admin and paperwork as we introduce Build Aviator Lite, a cloud-based software program which generates estimates for your…

  9. Need For Speed: Top Tips to Speed Up Your Build

    19th August 2019

    As the old phrase goes, “time is money”, and this is never truer than when you’re building, extending or renovating a property. To keep costs…