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A significant capital restructuring has rescued building products group Heywood Williams from administration, safeguarding around 1,000 jobs.
Read More »Derby builders merchant gets new look
Following an 18-month project, Derby builders merchant Lakes Buildbase has transformed and improved its five-acre site in the city.
Read More »Timber company starts up in Lockerbie
Timber company James Jones and Sons is commissioning its new saw mill at the Lockerbie base.
Read More »JCB donates machinery to earthquake appeal
Digger and Teletruk manufacturer JCB has donated machinery worth more than £150,000 to help with the relief effort following the earthquake which hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra two weeks ago.
Read More »Marshalls hosts royal visitor
Marshalls plc, the hard landscaping manufacturer, has played host to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester at its offices in Elland, West Yorkshire.
Read More »Footprint brand back in business
Sheffield-based hand tools brand Footprint has restarted production at its Sedgley Road site in Owlerton, Sheffield under the name Footprint Sheffield, the former holding company of Footprint Tools.
Read More »Eurocell buys Deeplas
Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd has bought the Deeplas brand and foam roofline product range from Deceuninck Ltd.
Read More »Paint producer shortlisted for sustainability awards
ICI Paints AkzoNobel has been shortlisted for the Green Business Awards' Green Product accolade, and for the coveted Sustainable Manufacturer award at the UK Green Building Council's (UK GBC) Making Sustainable Development Happen Awards.
Read More »Boiler scrappage campaign gets Early Day Motion
Support for the plumbers and builders merchant campaign Reheat Britain has reached the House of Commons, with an Early Day Motion being tabled by Liberal Democrat MP, Richard Younger-Ross.
Read More »Software group buys new company
Blue Rock Systems Ltd, the supplier of software solutions to builders merchants, has bought the Nottingham based IT software company Sense Computers Systems from the Sense Group for £670,000.
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