Six months ago, Howarth Timber and Building Supplies officially launched the Local Music Live competition. This new contest is a 7UK-wide search with the support of the builders’ merchants to find the next big thing when it comes to live music. The Local Music Live judge’s favourite Felicia Eliza has
Howarth At Home, specialist division of Howarth Timber and Building Supplies, is set to showcase its beautiful kitchen designs to homeowners at the Homebuilding and Renovating Show in Harrogate. Taking place at the Harrogate Convention Centre on 3rd-5th November, the Homebuilding and Renovating Show brings together self-build specialists, renovation experts and leading brands
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has welcomed the Wakefield MP, Mary Creagh to their branch at Doncaster Road in Wakefield. Mrs. Creagh is currently serving as the chair of the Environmental Audit Committee and during her visit to the branch met up with the long serving branch manager David Storey.
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has been conducting a search for the next big name in live music. The Building supplies company has been a major sponsor of Local Music Live, a scheme that was created in order to put more new musical talent on to the radio. The competition
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies took part in fundraising for Cancer Research UK this month. The Timber and Building Supplies company completed the Relay for Life in order to raise money for the Cancer Charity. Relay for Life is an event that took place in Stockport on the 8th of
Local music is being supported by a Timber and Building Supplies company in order to try and discover the next big artist. Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has said that they are offering their support for the Local Music Live scheme. The aim is to find Britain’s next big artist
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Six months ago, Howarth Timber and Building Supplies officially launched the Local Music Live competition. This new contest is a 7UK-wide search with the support of the builders’ merchants to find the next big thing when it comes to live music. The Local Music Live judge’s favourite Felicia Eliza has officially released her new single, called ‘Head Over Heels’. This track is being played across all Local Music Live radio stations. Felicia was selected as the next big thing by the Local Music Live and Howarth Timber panel of judges, which then allowed her the opportunity to record her new track at Redwell Studios which can be found in Greater Manchester. The Leeds-based creative agency Harris has also support this competition by helping to produce the video for the track. The music video for Head Over Heels was filmed on location against the dramatic backdrop of nearby Flamborough Head. Local Music Live has also worked to bring together commercial and community radio stations including Rock FM in Lancashire, the Lincs FM group, Fix Radio in London and Revolution 96.2 in Greater Manchester. These radio stations have come together in order to encourage and support local singers and bands. Howarth Timber, the building supplies company is the major sponsor for the initiative. Local Music Live is brainchild of John Dash and Dave Stankler. The intention behind this contest is to find new talent and put them on the radio, helping to create a hub where singer/songwriters and bands will be able to submit their songs for a chance to be played by local radio DJs operating across the UK. The marketing and product development manager at Howarth Timber, Neale Brewster feels that Felicia was a standout act amongst her competition and it is great to see Local Music Live searching for and helping to promote new talent. The initiative that has been supported by the Builders’ Merchants and supplies providers has allowed Felicia to record and release her song and will hopefully act as a springboard for her career while also helping to get radio stations playing local music.
Howarth At Home, specialist division of Howarth Timber and Building Supplies, is set to showcase its beautiful kitchen designs to homeowners at the Homebuilding and Renovating Show in Harrogate. Taking place at the Harrogate Convention Centre on 3rd-5th November, the Homebuilding and Renovating Show brings together self-build specialists, renovation experts and leading brands under one roof, making it the ideal venue for Howarth At Home’s beautiful kitchen collection. Visitors to the show can see an example of one of Howarth At Home’s stunning kitchen designs on Howarth Timber’s stand, M128, giving them a first-hand view of the quality and choice on offer. The stand features a fully-fitted kitchen, complete with floor and wall units, built-in appliances and a dining area, so visitors can get a tangible sense of how the kitchen would enhance their own home. What’s more, a dedicated kitchen designer will be available throughout the show to discuss specific projects and offer advice. As well as showcasing the Howarth At Home collection, visitors to Howarth Timber’s stand can find inspiration for their home, inside and out, including the company’s range of Namgrass artificial grass, decking options and internal doors. Commenting on the exhibition, Howarth At Home kitchens category manager Ratinder Sandhu said: “The Howarth At Home range has added a new dimension to our branches in the past year, and more and more customers are seeing the benefit of dealing with a professional merchant when ordering their new kitchen, bedroom or bathroom. “The Homebuilding and Renovating Show provides the ideal platform to give people a close-up view of our collection to visualise how it might fit into their project and we look forward to introducing visitors to the range.” Howarth At Home has been a preferred stockist of the Laura Ashley kitchen collection since January 2016. Howarth Timber and Building supplies now has Howarth At Home showrooms at 11 of its branches across the country with plans to roll the collection out even further in 2017 and beyond. For more details on Howarth Timber please visit www.howarthathome.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/howarthtimber Twitter: @HowarthTimber LinkedIn: Howarth Timber and Building Supplies Ltd
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has welcomed the Wakefield MP, Mary Creagh to their branch at Doncaster Road in Wakefield. Mrs. Creagh is currently serving as the chair of the Environmental Audit Committee and during her visit to the branch met up with the long serving branch manager David Storey. David Storey provided an overview of Howarth Timber’s recently-completed investments that have been made in order to give Howarth at Home kitchen, bedroom and bathroom showrooms a makeover. The investment into the show rooms has made it easier for the company to fulfill customer’s orders. The local MP, Mary Creagh has also spoken to young people that are benefitting from Howarth Timber’s graduate scheme, and discussing with the marketing and product development manager, Neale Brewster and Nick Howarth, the managing director about the different ways that the company is meeting the construction industry challenges being faced by the company. Mary had at tour of the two and a quarter acre site and has said that her visit was interesting. It is great to see the government get behind an established company management to meet a range of different needs and requirements. Howarth Timber was operating at the cutting edge of the construction industry and is able contribute to the economy in Wakefield as well as the national economy. The MP was pleased of the work put into the branch by the Branch Manager, David Storey and the rest of the staff working there. Howarth Timber is a company that will be impacted by Brexit, the skills gap apparent in the construction industry, and the pending implementation of Clean Air Zones in cities across the North of England. If these challenges do impact on Howarth Timber, there could be a number of smaller construction companies and contractors who rely on Howarth as a local merchant.
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has been conducting a search for the next big name in live music. The Building supplies company has been a major sponsor of Local Music Live, a scheme that was created in order to put more new musical talent on to the radio. The competition has reached it conclusion, with Howarth Timber and Building Supplies naming Feliicia Eliza as their favourite act. Singers/songwriters and bands were invited to submit their songs as part of the Local Music Live initiative, and there were more than 100 entries submitted in one month. The performers submitted their songs in order to be in with a chance to be played on local radio by DJs from across the UK. A judging panel was also created, consisting of individuals from Local Music Line and Howarth Timber. The judges narrowed down the impressive list of entrants in order to name Feliicia as their favourite act. Feliicia’s song was highlighted by the staff working at Howarth Timber’s Manchester branch as a potential contender for the top spot. Now that she has been named the winner of the initiative, the singer and guitarist has been invited to Redwall Studios, located in Greater Manchester, in order to record her music. Feliicia will also have the opportunity to create a music video for one of her tracks. This music video will be created with the support of Harris, a creative agency that is based in Leeds. It is great for the construction supplies company to be involved with a project such as this, showing support for local undiscovered talent is central to Howarth Timber and Building Supplies’ focus on supporting local communities. In the past Howarth Timber stores have sponsored a number of local gigs in order to show their support, therefore the chance to expand this support to a nationwide initiative was a great opportunity for the company.
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies took part in fundraising for Cancer Research UK this month. The Timber and Building Supplies company completed the Relay for Life in order to raise money for the Cancer Charity. Relay for Life is an event that took place in Stockport on the 8th of July and included a team of eight from Howarth Timber and Building Supplies. The company were involved in the event that involved teams working together to complete a 24 hour relay in order to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Howarth Timber and Building Supplies managed to complete the 24 hour endurance challenge and in total the eight member team that took part in the event managed to raise £3,000 which will go toward funding groundbreaking research in order to fight Cancer. Involved from the construction supplies and timber company was the Marketing Manager, Neale Brewster and the Marketing Executive Danny Grahame who lead the rest of the team. Also from Howarth who were involved in the relay event was John Brandon, Gary Froggatt, Stephen Hudson, Chris Jeffrey, Katie Mamwell and Ratinder Sandhu. The Howarth Timber and Building Supplies team completed the event by walking around the relay track for the full 24 hours. An amazing accomplishment that managed to raise a great deal of money for such an important charity. The team captain for the Relay, Neale Brewster has expressed his pride at being involved in such an amazing fundraising opportunity, and with the team for managing to complete the challenge. Howarth Timber and Building Supplies have been working to raise money for Cancer Research UK throughout the course of this year by making the most of company-wide initiatives and other individual staff member fundraising opportunities. The money that is raised for the charity is invested into developing new techniques to detecting Cancer earlier and for treatments in order to potentially save lives.
Local music is being supported by a Timber and Building Supplies company in order to try and discover the next big artist. Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has said that they are offering their support for the Local Music Live scheme. The aim is to find Britain’s next big artist by giving new artists an opportunity to perform live on air. Local Music Live is an initiative that combines local community stations and larger commercial ones in order to play unsigned artists. One of the larger stations that has been named as involved in the scheme is Rock FM Lancashire and the Lincs FM group. Other stations known to be involved in the Local Music initiative is Fix Radio, which operates in London. The plan behind the scheme is to give local artists the opportunity to have their music played live on air and encourage the local talent. The ideal result of the Local Music Live campaign is the discovery of the next Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran, however the main aim is to get commercial, DAB and community radio to work together as part of a larger initiative in order to showcase local musical talent. Howarth Timber and Building Supplies are showing their support for the initiative and will also be involved in the process of deciding who gets played on the radio. The plan for the Local Music Live campaign is for the different branches of Howarth Timber will be choosing the best act form their area. The Local Music Live and Howarth Timber’s favourite acts will then be given a larger platform on which to showcase their music. The overall winning artist or band from the initiative will be awarded with the opportunity to record their music at Redwall Studios which is in Greater Manchester as well as being given the chance to create a music video for one of their tracks.
