Six months after the shock announcement that merchant group Huws Gray had bought the traditional merchanting businesses of Grafton Group in Great Britain, the latter has announced that the divestment went through fully on December 31 2021. The acquisition of the Grafton businesses doubled the number of Huws Gray branches …

Plastic piping solutions manufacturer Polypipe Building Products is helping to free waterways of leftover fishing lines. A team of volunteers from the staff at Polypipe toolmakers Mason Pinder, in Doncaster, worked over a weekend to create more than 100 plastic bins from Polypipe stock which will be used to collect unwanted …

Shower manufacturer Triton has won a Bathroom Manufacturer’s Association Sustainability Award in the Workplace Initiative category, in recognition of its efforts to involve staff as part of its Moving the Dial campaign.  With a target of becoming carbon net-zero by 2025, the shower manufacturer has placed emphasis on engaging its …

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley UK has announced agreements with Saint-Gobain for the acquisition of  Neville Lumb, DHS and Bassetts, and entered into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of Ideal Bathrooms. Together the four brands represent around 485 employees and in 2020 generated a turnover of approximately 130m Euros. Keith Dorling, …

Use, do not abuse… neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy The most over-used phrase in the last few weeks – apart from “It’s OK, it’s just a cold. Not covid” – is probably “you couldn’t make this up”. As more and more evidence appears of party after party, …

UK brick manufacturer Ibstock Brick Ltd, has been fined for safety breaches after an accident caused a maintenance worker to lose his forearm. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard how, on 28 February 2020, the maintenance engineer was in the process of polishing a metal shaft as it rotated in a …

Everbuild’s has launched a new-look professional tiling range , comprising a selection of ready mixed floor and wall adhesives, grouts and sealants. The range has a reliable solution for most common tiling projects and includes the new TileSet 700 Universal Floor and Wall Adhesive, which, depending on the substrate and …

Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse is sponsoring Essex grass-roots football team Bowers & Pitsea under 14s, who will carry the name of Selco Builders Warehouse on the front of their shirts. The team is currently top of the Eastern Junior Alliance Under 14 Green Division having won nine matches out …

Building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, visited the University of Bath to talk to postgraduate students and academic staff in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering about the practical challenges of a low carbon transition for the construction industry. Veronika Elfmarkova, ECOPact Product Manager for Aggregate Industries’ London Concrete business was invited by …

James Burrell Builders Merchants has raised more than £8,500 to share between their nominated charities of the year, Butterwick Hospice Care and 4Louis. Staff participated in various fundraising events throughout the year, including running the Great North Run, a charity walk across the County Durham countryside, a coffee morning and …