Hard hat manufacturer Radhats has re-thought the traditional hard hat, aiming to turn it into an attractive, quality purchase, rather than a low value utility product.

Home security specialist ASSA ABLOY has introduced a range of Yale replacement handles that can be used to replace or upgrade damaged or dated door and window handles.

Security specialist ASSA ABLOY is providing stockists with new merchandisers and a program of special monthly promotions, designed to help increase sales and margins.

Cement company Cemex is now providing certified carbon labels for its cement.

Engineered timber solutions supplier Pasquill is to open four new sites this year, including Bury St Edmunds, Buckley in North Wales, Abingdon and Leeds.

Construction product sales remained flat during the first quarter of 2010 compared to how much they fell one year earlier, according to the latest Construction Activity Barometer from Ernst and Young and the Construction Products Association.

A third of builders expect workloads to fall again this year, according to the latest survey from the Federation of Master Builders.

Wickes, the retail arm of builders merchant group Travis Perkins, is launching a new store concept to make the most of the kitchen and bathroom market.

A management buyout means that the commercial division of builders merchant software solutions company ADP is back in private ownership.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP has continued its expansion policy with the inclusion of three new merchant members.