Photograph of a female decorator holding a paint can.
Posted on 14 April 2026

New campaign for Crown

Crown Paints partners with real decorators to front new ‘Looks like’ campaign. Crown Paints has partnered with professional painters and decorators to front its new ‘Looks like…’ campaign, working with…

Apprentice Casey Gardner.
Posted on 6 March 2026

Interview with apprentice Casey Gardner

In the first of our interviews with apprentices, we speak to 20-year-old Casey Gardner, a second-year apprentice with Persimmon Homes North Scotland, studying at Fife College.  What’s your background? I’m…

Photograph of the management team at Brewers
Posted on 1 February 2026

Brewers joins BMF

Brewers Decorator Centres joined the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation) as an affiliate member on 1 February 2026, enhancing the representation within the trade body’s Painting, Decorating and Building Chemicals membership…

Photograph of exhibitors at the SDF 2025 show.
Posted on 22 January 2026

Date for the diary

Scottish Decorators’ Federation chooses new venue for annual show. Great news for the Scottish decorating industry – on Friday 27 March 2026, the Scottish Painting and Decorating Show is back….

Photograph of people from Johnstone's Paint, Mind and the world of snooker.
Posted on 21 January 2026

Cue to conversation initiative

Johnstone’s Paint teams up with World Snooker Tour and Mind to ‘frame’ conversation around mental wellbeing. Johnstone’s Paint has partnered with World Snooker Tour (WST) and national mental health charity Mind to deliver…

Maureen Turner (right) from UHI Inverness, wins Purdy Mentor of the Year 2025.
Posted on 1 December 2025

Purdy Mentor of the Year 2025 winners

Leading professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy has announced this year’s winners of its Mentor of the Year competition, at an awards ceremony held in central London on Friday 28 November….

Photograph of a painter wearing hi-viz jacket and applying paint with a brush to a wall.
Posted on 17 November 2025

Bell acquires McDermid Decorators

Bell, one of the largest property service contractors in the UK, has recently acquired McDermid Decorators, which will continue to trade under its existing name and structure. Painting and decorating…