Building and landscaping products manufacturer Marshalls reported a rise in pre-tax profit to £21.5m from £16.7m as turnover dipped to £307m from £354m for the six months to June 30 2024. The reduction in revenue was mainly down to subdued demand for the group’s landscape products, a reflection of the …

National builders’ merchant Jewson has donated £5,000 towards a new lifeboat on the Isle of Wight. Jewson has partnered with the Freshwater Independent Lifeboat (FILB) Service to fund an Atlantic 85 lifeboat, which was revealed and officially named ‘The Jillian Scott’ at an event at the organisation’s Freshwater Bay station. …

Builders merchant MKM Building Supplies  has announced a new partnership with the Tommy Coyle Foundation. Founded by former Commonwealth WBC, IBF International Boxing Champion, Tommy Coyle, the charity is dedicated to enhancing lives through sport and education. As a Foundation Partner, MKM will support various community-driven initiatives, including supplying the …

The new StormTech SC-800 arch-shaped chamber from Advanced Drainage Systems, holds more water than the company’s SC-740, and requires less embedment stone for installation, offering a reduced minimum cover depth, greater storage capacity and reduced construction time and cost. The SC-800’s corrugated design pares down the minimum cover depth and …

Growth has accelerated in the UK construction sector with the second half of the year getting underway; July saw much faster increases in both activity and new orders , according to the headline S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI), which rose sharply to 55.3 in July from 52.2 …

Sales at builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc fell 4.4% in the six months to June 30, its has published half year results revealed this morning (August 6). Lower volumes and the added impact of price deflation on the group’s Merchanting division gross margin saw adjusted operating profit fall to …

  A first-half pre-tax loss of £11.3m on turnover of £1.32bn has been posted by insulation and building materials distribution giant SIG for the six months to June 30 2024. The same period last year reported a pre-tax profit of £12.2m and turnover of £1.4bn. The downturn in fortunes has …

They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs And too many right wing meetings In the last week we have seen the best of people and the worst of people. It’s been an age of endeavour, resilience and triumph, and an age of horror, violence and bigotry. The terrible events of …

Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club (ASC), located in North Yorkshire, has received a £3000 donation from SIG Roofing to support its fully inclusive performance swimming development provision. Richmond Dales ASC  has 155 members, many of whom perform at national and regional level, and over the years, has developed a Para …

STARK Building Materials United Kingdom has appointed a Head of Sustainability, Sabrina Passley, as the business continues to implement its sustainability strategy and equip employees and tradespeople with the skills to move towards a more sustainable future. Passley brings more than 16 years’ experience working in the industry, with previous …