18th January 2022

Tradies Losing £1300 a year to bad weather

Damning new research has revealed that UK tradespeople lose more than £1,300 a year due to bad

14th January 2022

TRADESPEOPLE PONDER ELECTRIC VEHICLE SWITCH

Have you ever considered swapping to an electric vehicle for work? Maybe you have done already? Rece

12th January 2022

Buy now, pay later: is it worth it?

‘Buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) is becoming more and more popular by the day. In fact, one i

7th January 2022

Stax Birmingham Employees Celebrate Long Service

We pride ourselves on the top service and great choice of wholesale trade products, but what we do w

7th December 2021

Rainy Day Trust launches Christmas appeal

Rainy Day Trust is calling on all sectors in home improvement to get behind this year’s annua

29th November 2021

Mask Wearing Policy

We kindly request that in line with the government announcement and directive all customers and empl

24th November 2021

Increase of women in the trade

We’re delighted to see evidence that the number of women in the UK becoming tradespeople is o

22nd November 2021

Supply shortages cost tradies £3.5 billion

Latest research carried out by Simply Business has revealed that the ongoing shortages of supplies

19th November 2021

Garden centre customers are cautious

Garden centre sales are starting to level out after the gardening boom of 20although they remai

12th November 2021

Average wages rise for tradespeople in most regions

; Recent statistics have shown that the average tradesman’s wages are up since this time

10th November 2021

Help the Rainy Day Trust this Christmas

Stax has been a long-term supporter of the Rainy Day Trust DIY industry charity, which annually rai

5th November 2021

3.7 million Brits consider re-training for trade roles

A survey undertaken by City Plumbing has revealed that a whopping 12% of adults in the UK are curre

2nd November 2021

Late Night Thursdays Until Christmas

Shoppers at all of our English branches will have extra time to stock up for Christmas this year as

22nd October 2021

Stax customers bag top prizes with Spend, Spin Win!

Our Spin to Win wheel was whizzing around the clock throughout September, with over 4,500 trade and

6th October 2021

Stax marks landmark year in style with Big Brands Event

;We celebrated our 40-year anniversary in style with the annual Big Brands Trade Event last mo

27th September 2021

Stax Birmingham Sales Team Update

Stax Trade Centres is pleased to announce some exciting changes to their sales team coverage out of

15th September 2021

How has retail changed over the past 20 months?

Shoppers rediscovered; their; local; high; streets; during; the;

13th September 2021

Stax turns 40

Stax Trade Centres, the UK’s leading non-food cash and carry wholesaler, turns 40 this month

23rd July 2021

Stax cafes to reopen from August 1st

We are delighted to announce that the cafes at our Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester branches will r

9th July 2021

The Rainy Day Trust CEO Bryan takes on 84 in 48

Bryan Clover, chairman and CEO of the Rainy Day Trust charity, is getting set to tackle a massive h

30th June 2021

Peat compost sales banned by 2024

Garden Centres across the United Kingdom will need to diversify by 2024 after new rules will see th

30th June 2021

Are we becoming a cashless country?

How would you feel about our society becoming cashless? Recent research has shown that this could b

30th June 2021

Concern over sales of stolen tools

New research carried out by insurance giants Direct Line has found that three in five (60 per cent)

30th June 2021

Dealing with non-paying customers

Almost every self-employed tradesperson will have to deal with a customer who doesn't pay at some p