Sales growth for construction product manufacturers ended in Q3, according to the Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey. Furthermore, a slowdown in construction activity in the publicly financed and repair & maintenance sectors since Summer, as well as the deteriorating economic backdrop, underpin manufacturers’ expectations of a contraction …

Robert Price, the independent builders’ merchants in South East Wales, have been nominated for two Welsh Housing Awards. Recognising and celebrating the creativity, passion and innovation of housing organisations and businesses across the Welsh sector, the Awards provide an opportunity for people to celebrate projects that have helped tenants, customers …

North East-based partner companies Secon Renewables and AUK Distribution are targeting further growth and industry success with the move to a new home in Sunderland. The new head office and warehouse, at Unit F, Colima Avenue, Sunderland SR5 3XB, is almost five-times the size of their previous base at 30,000 …

To be, or not to be—that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. Wow. Listen carefully, gentle readers. That sound you can hear, that beep, …

Created to showcase, inform and educate customers on sustainable building materials and construction solutions, builders merchant Robert Price opened its Sustainable Energy Centre in Newport, last month. The independent builders’ merchant has teamed up with Daikin, world-leaders in heat pump manufacturing to launch the centre in Robert Price’s Newport branch. …

Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, visited boiler and heat pump manufacturer, Vaillant, HQ in Belper, to see production of its low carbon technology in action and gain a clearer view of how government and industry can work in partnership to ensure the UK can successfully transition to low carbon technologies. …

Volunteers from the construction charity Band of Builders are set to lay a new driveway so that the family of a Burgess Hill man left with hypoxic brain damage brought on by a heart attack can get him out of the house in his wheelchair. The driveway of the home …

Building materials supplier Cemex has signed the Pallet Loop Charter, as part of its Future In Action programme. This pioneers ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels.  CEMEX is committed to Net Zero CO2 by 2050. By 2030, CEMEX aims to make …

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony I talk a lot, a hell of a lot, in this column about the merchant family. About the fact that there are lifelong friendships born of shared experiences …

The very first IBC Buying Group Exhibition and Gala Dinner took place on 29 September, 2022, at the Silverstone Race Circuit in Northamptonshire. IBC’s members and supplier partners from across the country gathered for the event, which was the first time the IBC family had united in such large numbers. …