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Independent, family-owned builders merchant Beesley & Fildes has continued to boost its environmental sustainability strategy, with a £7m investment in a new fleet of vehicles. The company  has purchased a total of 21 DAF trucks from Motus Commercials. All have been designed to lower emissions and comply with the Government’s …

Selco Builders Warehouse’s Tyseley branch donated £500 of art materials to KidsOut, a national charity that works with some of the 200,000 children who have left abusive homes to seek sanctuary in a refuge. The materials from Hobbycraft were used at KidsOut’s Christmas party recently, where there were craft activities …

BMF CEO, John Newcomb, has welcomed the announcement to make full expensing permanent but highlights that the government has missed several opportunities. These opportunities include: the chance to create new jobs and boost local growth; failing to support a national retrofit strategy which would have improved the energy efficiency of …

David Kilburn, founder of MKM Building Supplies, has been recognised with the prestigious “Outstanding Contribution to Business” award at the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2023. The ceremony, which took place at Headingley Stadium, was attended by over 400 prominent business figures from the region, and hosted by BBC …

BCIS’s chief economist, Dr David Crosthwaite, has responded to the Autumn Statement by labelling it as “underwhelming” for the construction industry. The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) provide cost and carbon data to the built environment industry. Crosthwaite said: “In light of the OBR’s central forecast being downgraded, the Autumn …

Buying group National Buying Group rewarded its best suppliers and most engaged Partners for 2023 at a Gala event at St George’s Hall in Liverpool tonight (November 20). The winners were: Brick & block :                                   …

Russell Roof Tiles has pledged to transform old habits into healthy new ones by taking on a 50-day fitness challenge while raising money for local charities. Over the course of the programme, 14 staff from its Burton site, will use state-of-the-art body-scanning technology to measure who has improved the most …

Actis has been working with the Structural Timber Association to create a technical document which will help architects, engineers and builders comply with more stringent building regulations as we head towards the 2025 Future Homes Standard. The 58-page booklet, available to STA members, contains details on how to minimise heat …

TG Lynes’ Helping Hand campaign has awarded the Ruth Winston Community Centre, in Palmers Green, with £10,000 worth of materials and labour. It gas also given Southbury Primary School in Ponders Ender £5,000 worth of support, the causes were chosen by a team of TG Lynes judges from dozens of …

Glenigan reported that construction project-starts has more than halved (59%), against last year, but detailed planning approvals grew 17% compared with the year before. Main contract awards experienced a 27% declined on the preceding period, this is 51% down when compared with the same period last year – regional performance …