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 …

 UK door distributor JB Kind Doors has raised £8,500 for the charity Dementia UK. The 55-employee company, based in Derbyshire, supports a different cause every two years,  and the money was raised via a series of events including a charity gala dinner held in 2019, plus an 822-mile walk undertaken …

Independent builders merchant Bradfords Building Supplies has appointed an initial team of Sustainability Champions across its network as part of its drive to support the construction industry in meeting the government’s net zero targets and to enhance its own environmental sustainability. Seven team members at Bradfords so far have volunteered …

British Gypsum has announced the launch of its new website www.british-gypsum.com/certainty as part of its wider commitment to continue to provide better data, tools and support for its partner construction customers. The website delivers a range of new features and is fed by a Product Information Management (PIM) system, which …