Toolstation has held a major fund raising day to assist the RNLI’s Flood Rescue Team.

The Bridgwater company is a major sponsor of this highly trained unit which specialises in search and rescue work in fast moving flood water across the UK. Demand for its services has been at an unprecedented level in recent weeks responding to the UK floods.

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In order to squeeze in 13 issues of Good Woodworking it is necessary to play a few tricks with time once a year, in this case moving the big hand very swiftly around 14 revolutions, allowing for your March edition to be produced in a scant three weeks. So it is apposite that this one majors strongly on clocks, the almost completely all-wood ones engineered by Bruce Aitken. Dave Roberts sought him out on top of a hill in the…

MAKITA HELPS 'TRAIN THE TRAINERS' OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF FURNITURE

As official sponsor of the National School of Furniture (NSF), the joint initiative between Bucks New University and City of Oxford College, based at High Wycombe, Makita UK has hosted a successful 'Train the Trainers' event for course technicians.