Stars and bars

Thursday 27th October 2011

Beverley Knight was one of the top stars at the glittering annual NMBS Dinner Dance held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London's Park Lane on Saturday 22nd October.

As well as dancing and dining, two h&b members won awards for the “I Love Independents” campaign.

The campaign, run by NMBS, has been raising the profile of Independent Builders’ Merchants among the construction industry and the general public by a series of merchant-run events and informative advertising graced by a heart-shaped logo

Scottish merchants Beatsons were the winners of the Independent of the Year award, nominated by end users. Mark Northway, Finance Director of Beatsons is shown above collecting the award from Chris Hayward, managing Director of NMBS.

David Dickens, MD of Northampton-based Martin & Partners (shown below) scooped up the award for the Independent Merchant Supporter of the year for the company’s support of the campaign is also shown receiving their award.

All h&b members are also members of the Leicester-based National Merchants Buying Society (NMBS) which has been a champion of independent Builders’ Merchants for over 50 years.