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The W.Howard Group sales team is once again taking to their bikes to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. Last year, W.Howard Group’s Rob Povah took part in the Football to Amsterdam charity bike ride in memory of his father, David, who lost his battle with Prostate Cancer in 2016. This year, Povah is joined […]

W.Howard Group supports DIY SOS in Bolton When BBC One’s DIY SOS: The Big Build came to Bolton to help a family in need, they turned to the W.Howard Group for help. For two weeks in September, the DIY SOS team worked tirelessly at the home of the Taylor-Mann family in Bolton, who needed help […]

Hair-growing challenge turns heads for charity. The team at W.Howard Group joined the global #Movember challenge in November to raise money for the fight against prostate cancer, depression and other male health issues. In all, 10 employees at the company pledged to hang up their razors and let their moustaches grow for a month, in […]

W.Howard helps employee drive his career forward. Mark Odams passed his category CE driving test in November with the support of W.Howard Group Transport Manager Neville Waring and his team of Drivers. A category CE driving licence means Mark can now operate the company’s articulated fleet vehicles as well as the rigid vehicles. Mark first […]

W.Howard Group is pleased to welcome two new employees to the company. Recruited as part of the Group’s commitment to supporting the next generation, Jamie McDonnell and Matthew Bellin have joined the group within its Logistics and Business Support teams, respectively. Jamie joined W.Howard in September and will be based at the company’s Albion MDC […]

School is firmly back in session, with children now well into the new school year, and courses in full swing at colleges and universities across the country. In the weeks leading up to the beginning of September, newspapers are full of GCSE and A-Level results, scrutinising how the year’s exam results compare to the year […]

Change the conversation around mental health W.Howard joined much of the construction industry during October’s UK Construction Week to gather at Birmingham’s NEC Complex and discuss the latest trends affecting the industry. High on the agenda was Mental Health Awareness Day, which took place on Thursday 10 October. Mental health – and the widespread need […]

Is DIY dead? Not too long ago the DIY world was in full swing. TV schedules were packed full of programmes where people upgraded homes, hotels, B&B’s and even country manors across the UK, while a long bank holiday weekend inevitably meant a trip to a national DIY superstore, prying open a paint can and […]