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Online building products merchant CMO Group PLC has increased the breadth of its portfolio with the acquisition of clickbasin.co.uk. This latest acquisition provides an entry into the UK’s sanitaryware market, and complements CMO’s recent acquisition of specialist online plumbers’ merchant, JTM Plumbing, which was completed in October 2021. Preston-based clickbasin.co.uk …

Insulation specialist Actis aims to see all five of its production plants in South-West France fully solar-powered by the end of 2024, with two of them reaching that goal by the end of 2023. The move will help Actis reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, create a circular economy, and …

At the National ACR & Heat Pump Awards, which took place on June 9, Grant UK was awarded Heat Pump Product of the Year for its Aerona³ R32 air source heat pump range, and Marketing Initiative of the Year for its ‘With You on the Journey’ marketing campaign. The National ACR …

Polymer pipework manufacturer REHAU is set to host a free workshop for contractors, developers and specifiers on thermally activated building structures (TABS). As the nation evaluates the route to net zero through low carbon technology, a mounting body of research suggests that a lack of education around low carbon technology …

Keen to work closely with merchant partners, Brett Landscaping has put together an ‘Express Training’ programme for staff and has set up visits to its production facility at Cliffe, in Rochester, Kent. A group of senior staff from Lords, including sales managers and managing directors, visited the Cliffe site to …

FlueSnug has won the Product of the Year Award 2022 for Safety, Energy Efficiency and Wellbeing at the ASCP Safety and Compliance Awards. The product caught the eye of the judges for its simple, cost-effective and energy-efficient sealing around all 100mm boiler flues. Approved by major boiler manufacturers, FlueSnug is …

Russell Roof Tiles has invested £90,000 in an energy efficient, high performance Borche injection moulding machine to speed up its plastic manufacturing operation. Borche is one of the largest injection moulding machine manufacturers in the world. The new Borche BS series injection moulding machine has already proven to increase the …

Independent UK stockholder of plastic building products, C & A Building Products, has seen such an increase in sales of Freefoam that its range of products now accounts for a significant proportion of the company’s portfolio. C & A Building Products managing director, Chris Candlin, said: “When we switched over …

With a tenfold increase in plastic waste pollution in the oceans since 19801 and the annual flow of plastic into the ocean estimated to triple by 2040, immediate action is needed to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. While plastic-free solutions are increasingly demanded by consumers and regulators, options are still …

Selco Builders Warehouse has accelerated its evolution towards a sustainable transport fleet by adding 12 electrically powered counterbalance forklift trucks. The builders merchant has also extended its use of alternative fuels by introducing the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in its fleet. HVO is a cleaner alternative to diesel …