On the 21st March, our Company hosted its annual City & Awards lunch at the magnificent 17th Century Vintners Hall in the City of London. The popular event celebrates the achievements of individuals in the industry and within organisations WCoBM supports in training and education through its charitable fund. Liverymen, Freemen, award winners and guests...Read More
Applications to the Building Craft Programme 2022-2023 are now open and the deadline is 28th March 2022, at 12 noon. The Building Craft Programme is a full time, 8-month course which gives practical experience in traditional building skills and the opportunity to work towards a Level 3 NVQ in Heritage Skills. The course consists of...Read More
Last year our Company donated £2,000 to Treloar – a fantastic organisation that helps support vulnerable students, each with complex physical disabilities. Treloar’s School and Treloar’s College remained open throughout the pandemic and in a thank you letter to the Company, Treloar included insight into the students’ lives over the past year and what lies...Read More
The latest briefing on topics discussed at the latest Livery Committee meeting, plus an update on annual events of interest to Liverymen. Download hereRead More
Fantastic to read about the great progress of individuals benefitting from The Prince’s Foundation Building Craft Programme, which our Livery is proud to support. The programme helps those working in construction push their skills to the next level and continue on their journey to becoming the next generation of master craftspeople. Each year the programme...Read More
From knives to better lives Our Livery is proud to support a new national youth-focused Community Interest Company, Down Tools, dedicated to fighting knife crime. The new organisation works with schools and youth groups to raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of carrying knives. The latest statistics show that in the year ending March...Read More
Our #BuildACareerWithoutLimits campaign includes bursary funding to help graduates, apprentices and young individuals develop new skills and their careers working with a supplier or manufacturer of building materials. Do you want to work in a dynamic industry with opportunities to learn while you earn? Then download this short presentation to find out more! Read More
During the Installation Ceremony of our new Master, we also welcomed four new Liverymen On the 29th October 2021, Freemen Carl Platt Cemex UK; Steve Duke Knauf Insulation; Steve Halford The Garage Door Company; and Paul Pamment C T Baker took their oath to the Company in the presence of the Clerk and the Court...Read More
On Friday 29th October 2021, Andy Williamson was installed as the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants (WCoBM) at one of London’s largest Livery Halls – Plaisterers’ Hall. During the prestigious Installation ceremony Court Assistants Richard Hill and Alan Hawkins were elected to support the Master in his year, as Senior and...Read More
A pilot scheme to help prison leavers build a better life for themselves is gathering momentum as Livery companies see the benefit of giving ‘returning citizens’ a second chance, says our Master Stewart Pierce. In 2019, WCoBM embarked on a new Pan Livery project – No Going Back (NGB) – that provides training, employment opportunities,...Read More
