Habito plasterboard from British Gypsum is a new, fully compliant, solution for use in external walls in buildings more than 11 and 18 metres in height, as defined in Approved Document B. The load capability data for a wider range of fixings and a new 12 mm service support plate …

After nearly 40 years in the same place, the Wellingborough branch of builders merchant Travis Perkins has a new home. The redeveloped and relocated branch on the Ise Valley Industrial Estate on Meadow Close opened on Monday November 10. The warehouse space is almost 50% bigger, and the branch features …

The UK construction sector saw its sharpest decline in more than five years in October, thanks to weakening order books, political uncertainty, and client caution. The latest data from the S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ showed that total construction output contracted at the fastest rate since May 2020, …

A Birmingham-based builders merchant has opened a design centre featuring the largest accessible commercial brick display in Britain, and the biggest showcase of bricks in Europe. EH Smith Architectural Solutions, part of the EH Smith Group, has opened the landmark Digbeth Design Centre in a sensitively restored 150-year-old industrial building …

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear Oh dear. What on earth has been going wrong at the BBC? There has clearly been, for some years, a lack of management oversight, and of management cojones to deal …

Buying Group NBG has rewarded its top suppliers and most engaged merchant Partners at its annual conference and awards, held this year at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow.       The winners and highly commended companies are: Brick & Block Supplier of the Year: Forterra Building Products. Highly commended: …

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;     If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; I don’t know if it’s an age thing, or a just-me thing, but I am getting increasingly eye-rolly at stuff that lands in my in-box. I receive a tonne of emailed …

Britannia Stone is proud to announce the launch of its Natural Stone Cladding Collection, a stunning new range that brings the timeless beauty of British stonework to modern architecture and interior design. Expertly crafted from genuine stone, each cladding slip is precision-cut to a slim 15–30 mm face, retaining the …

Heritage Brick Company is proud to announce the launch of its exclusive London Yellow Stock Brick range, celebrating one of the most iconic and historically significant building materials in British architecture. Handmade using traditional techniques, these bricks perfectly capture the timeless beauty, texture, and colour variation that define the original …

Peter Caplehorn, director of the Construction Products Association, has written on the Association’s behalf to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of next month’s Budget, stressing the importance of the construction and manufacturing sectors in helping to enable and support the country’s long-term productivity and economic growth. The letter points …