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Cheeky calendar raises over £1,600 for local Mind charities

RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Builders Bum 2022 calendar has raised £1,610 for Mind charities across the region – Devon Mind, Cornwall Mind and Mind in Somerset.

The calendar features tradespeople from across the region, who put themselves forward to be photographed doing their job and showing a tiny bit of their bottom, all in the name of raising funds to help the charities continue to support people in their area who suffer from mental health issues.

As local charities affiliated with the national Mind association, Devon Mind, Cornwall Mind and Mind in Somerset...

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Staff to benefit from RGB acquisition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/07/2021 - 11:58am

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it has been acquired by Grant & Stone and has become part of the largest independent builders merchant group in southern England.

The company will continue trading as RGB Building Supplies across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, and its head office will still be located in Barnstaple. The majority of RGB’s Executive Board of Directors will not change and its current Chief Executive Kevin Fenlon will remain leading the business.

Customers will continue to receive the same high standards of service and will not see any...

Builders merchants’ CEO uses prison cell to raise over £2,700 for children’s hospice!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 10/17/2018 - 6:30pm

For his crimes against dancing, the CEO of RGB Building Supplies was thrown into Exeter Castle’s prison on Friday 21st September as part of Children’s Hospice South West’s Jail & Bail fundraising initiative.

Kevin Fenlon’s bail was initially set at £999 and it was then down to him to invite friends, family, colleagues and RGB customers to donate to the worthy cause so he could be released. However, due to the seriousness of his dancing crimes, Kevin’s bail was increased to £1,500 – but it seems his supporters were keen to set him free and helped raise a fantastic £2,738....

RGB Building Supplies offers £1000 to help with a spring spruce up

Authored by Josh Webber
Posted: Sun, 02/18/2018 - 3:07pm

Despite the current cold spell, RGB Building Supplies is looking forward to the warmer weather by asking community groups, charities and schools in the Exeter area to get in contact and tell it about spring projects as part of its Well Built Community Fund giveaway.

On offer is £1,000 to spend on building materials at an RGB branch to help a group possibly transform an outdoor area, or maybe give a community centre a spring spruce up; whatever the need, RGB would like to hear about it.

From all the nominations received, three will be chosen to go through to vote where the...

RGB's Community Fund is back

RGB Building Supplies has reopened its Well Built Community Fund and is now asking for schools that support those with additional needs to get in contact and explain how a donation of £1,000 worth of building materials will help complete a project.

Whether a school would like to create a new outdoor space, complete essential repairs or give their building a spruce up with a lick of paint, RGB would like to hear from them.

The Community Fund sees RGB donate £1,000 worth of building materials every other month to a different group. There will be further donations made in the...

Exmouth builders merchant needs your tools!

The Exmouth branch of RGB Building Supplies has joined forces with Exeter Age UK supported group, Men in Sheds, to launch a Tool Amnesty on Monday 7 April.

RGB is asking people to donate any old or unused hand tools to the Tool Amnesty in return for a £5 voucher to spend in branch.

All the donated tools will be given to Men in Sheds who will renovate and refurbish them so that tool kits can be sent to Africa, via the charity Tools for Self Reliance, to help locals learn a trade and support their local communities.

The Tool Amnesty is part of RGB Exmouth’s weeklong...

Demonstration morning at Exeter builders merchant

Event Date: 
27/02/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
RGB Building Supplies, Alphinbrook Road, Exeter

The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is inviting local tradesmen and women to their free demonstration morning on Thursday 27 February.

Between 8am and 12pm suppliers from Milwaukee Power Tools, Birchwood Price Tools with Scruffs fashion inspired clothing, Dakea Windows, Intatec (plumbing and heating specialists), Salus (manufacturers of heating control systems) and Alpha Boilers will be at the branch speaking to visitors and demonstrating their products.

There will also be a number of special offers throughout the morning and those attending will be treated to free...