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Leading building materials merchant, PDM has today (June 3) unveiled a major upgrade to its Kilmarnock branch. This investment will better support the needs of both existing and new customers with a significantly expanded product range across a retail floorspace that has tripled in size. The upgraded facilities were officially …

The UK’s newest aggregate manufacturing plant has been officially opened in Wellingborough, and will transform around 200,000 tonnes per year of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) left over from the energy-from-waste process into EcoBlend, a sustainable manufactured aggregate for use in the built environment. The £20m facility was formally opened by …

The 2024 BMJ Industry Awards are now open for voting at www.bmjindustryawards.co.uk/vote. Once you have cast your vote for your favourites in as many categories as you like – though only once for each category – head over to www.bmjindustryawards.co.uk/tickets to secure your tables and tickets for the event of the year, on …

Primaflow F&P, a distributor of plumbing, heating and bathroom materials, has announced it is the latest in a growing cohort of plumbing and heating specialists to join the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). The company supports 4,500 independent merchants, distributing around 12,500 products on its own fleet of over 100 vehicles.  …

Cheltenham-based independent family-run builders merchant George Bence & Sons Ltd is celebrating its 170th anniversary. The company was started in 1854, in the early Victorian Era, when deliveries were made with horse and cart from the central location of Cheltenham Spa town, , where the headquarters is still located. Since …

The first batch of reusable green, RFID-tagged* pallets from The Pallet LOOP, part of the BSW Group, have started entering the construction supply chain, en masse. This marks a fundamental shift towards circular economics in the transportation of building materials in the UK. Over the last few weeks, The Pallet …

Henco, the manufacturer of pipes and fittings for the sanitary and heating sector, among others, has started producing pre-insulated pipes in-house as of April 2024. The company has invested 10 million euros in a new foam line, providing insulation to the Henco multilayer pipe. The investment brings major benefits in efficiency …

  Scientists from Cambridge University believe they have found a way to produce cement and reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacture. The most common building material, cement is also the most problematic as it requires so much energy to produce the chemical reactions to manufacture it.  The method, which …

Wolseley Group has announced its launch of its new offering ‘Renewables by Wolseley’, which aims to help installers get the job done on renewable projects. The Groups range features a wide variety of products, including: Air Source Heat Pumps, Ground Source Heat Pumps, District Heating Solutions, Solar Panels, Battery Storage …

Marshalls has published its 2023 sustainability report which covers key areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Its key findings in the report include the publication of 16 additional Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to give customers complete transparency on the environmental credentials of additional Marshalls products. Mike Edwards, head …