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What is Stamp Duty? Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDTL) is a compulsory tax you pay when you own a home or land above a certain price in England and Northern Ireland. Previously you would have paid STDL on residential properties sold for over £125,000 and non-residential land and properties sold for over £150,000. What does Stamp Duty Holiday mean? The government announced […]

Football Team Sponsor We have sponsored Coley Park FC for 3 years. The football team name has been live for around 20 years, and in 2016 a member of the team got in contact with us, and asked if we wanted to get involved by sponsoring them. The team were looking for a sponsor as they’d never […]

Trading Update  We’re staying open! Following the announcement of a second national lockdown to come into force on the 5th of November, we want to reassure you that we intend to remain open, and our online ordering and delivery services are all fully operational. We face an unprecedented period across the UK. Once again, I’d […]

Nick Boulton’s Half Marathon On Sunday 15th March 2020, Nick Boulton from Channel Comms, took place in a Half Marathon in Bristol. Nick has been a friend for years, so when he mentioned he was running a Half Marathon we wanted to do our part and sponsor him.  The Half Marathon was supposed to take place in Bath, […]

Quarterly Event January 2020 In January the quarterly event was held at The Bull on Bell Street in Henley. The Quarterly Events are always fun and interesting to say the least, they’re not all as lavish as the big Christmas Event, but it creates a more relaxed atmosphere for everyone to have a laugh, getting to know each other outside […]

Christmas Party 2019 – Oakley Court Hotel This year the annual BuildingMaterials.co.uk Christmas Party was held at the Oakley Court Hotel in Windsor, on the 14th December. This company event is arguably one of the most exciting, typically because we get to socialise with everyone. Whether you’ve been at the company for 5 months or 5 years, everyone is welcome. The Christmas […]

Etex Fit-Out Cup On Wednesday 20th November 2019, some of our BuildingMaterials.co.uk team took part in a charity football match held by FIS. A member of staff from FIS got in contact with us, and asked if we wanted to be included in the Etex Fit-Out Cup, and knowing how competitive we all are, it wasn’t even a question. […]

Quarterly Event October 2019 In October the Quarterly Event was held at The Bull on Bell St, these events are always fun, because everyone gets an invite. You don’t have to wait until the Christmas Party, for the opportunity to get to know people outside of your immediate team. Whether you started at BuildingMaterials.co.uk at the start, middle […]

Tough Mudder – September 2019 5k of mud, 15 team members, 13 of the UK’s toughest obstacles and 2 charities.    On Sunday 22nd September, we took part in the London South, Tough Mudder. The team not only ran 5k, but also completed 13 obstacles, such as ‘The Block Ness Monster’, ‘Everest’, ‘Electroshock Therapy’ (which I can assure you […]