TV personality Nick Knowles has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Builders Merchants Federation’s (BMF) Young Merchants Conference, which will take place on Wednesday 7 October, during UK Construction Week at the NEC, Birmingham.

The BMF Young Merchants Group, which is hosting the conference, is open to those aged between 21 and 40 working in the building material supply industry.  Appropriately, the BMF Young Merchants Conference takes the theme “Building the Next Generation” and is designed to encourage, inspire and enthuse.

John Newcomb, BMF CEO, said: “Nick was an extremely popular speaker at the BMF All Industry Conference last year, and we are delighted that he is continuing his association with the BMF at our second Young Merchants Conference, which we are confident will now become a bi-annual event.”