All WCoBM Liverymen and Freemen are being encouraged to book their places to our upcoming events for the 2024/25 Master’s Year. Tickets are now on sale and places are filling quickly, so if you would like to attend, find out more and book your place below. The events are open to all WCoBM Liverymen, Freemen...Read More
On the 5th July, our Charities Committee held its meeting at the Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield, the home of the Ken Hawley Collection Trust. Our Company has supported the Hawley Trust for several years now, recognising the importance of its work preserving and documenting Sheffield’s history as a world-class manufacturer of tools and cutlery....Read More
At the end of June, our Company exhibited at the Livery Schools Link (LSL) Showcase for the first time since pre-pandemic. We joined many other Livery companies in Guildhall, talking to secondary school students, teachers and career advisors about the many job opportunities in our respective trades and the options for training, development and learning...Read More
One of our Livery’s main events each year is the Election Court General. All Liverymen and Freemen are expected to attend as it’s an important occasion where our new Master and Wardens are elected for the ensuing year. On Monday 25th April 2022, Senior Warden Richard Hill FCCA (pictured left) was elected as WCoBM’s new...Read More
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
The Drapers Company is inviting Freemen and Liverymen of the WCoBM to join them for a webinar on the Livery Kitchen Initiative (LKI) on 9th June. Jointly presented by Col Richard Winstanley OBE, Clerk to the Drapers’ Company, Mr Rej Bhumbra, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon Barts Health NHS Trust, and Mrs Laura Winningham OBE, Founder...Read More
Most Masters of Livery Companies have an experience in their year that is quite out of the ordinary, and, yet, for the most part, they know what to expect. This year however, has been very different. The pandemic disrupted much of the usual activity planned for Masters and Livery members, including that of the Worshipful...Read More
Awarding young talent Awareness of our Livery’s #BuildACareerWithoutLimits campaign is building as we reach out across the industry and into schools and colleges to highlight the career opportunities in the sector. The campaign aims to encourage young people, apprentices and students to consider working with a builders’ merchant or a building materials’ manufacturer. It also aims...Read More
A number of exciting social events have been lined up in 2020 for Liverymen, Freemen and Guests to enjoy. Click here for details of this year’s main events and to add directly to your diary. To reserve your place or if you’d like to know more about any of the events before you book, please email our Clerk Virginia...Read More
At the recent Installation Ceremony, Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, DL was installed as the new Master of Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants (WCoBM). An Honorary Court member of WCoBM, Fiona is no stranger to the merchant Livery! In 2013 Fiona became the 686th Lord Mayor of London, only the second woman to hold the office...Read More
