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Watts Roofing Supplies has announced its acquisition of Oadby Building Products Limited (OBP), based in Leicester. The supplier states that OBP will enhance its existing offers and expand its current range, expertise and customer base; OBP will remain as its own brand, continuing to operate from its site. Founded in …

Travis Perkins has announced the completion of the first home designed and built using its WholeHouse platform, in Leicestershire. The platform was used by Bowbridge Homes Ltd to develop a pair of semi-detached properties on its site near Melton Mowbray. Lee Jackson, director of WholeHouse, said: “Seeing the first home …

A three-month redundancy consultation process at the Lenham factory of plumbing conglomerate Aliaxis, was announced yesterday (June 4th). The group, parent company of parent of Marley Plumbing and Drainage, Hunter Plastics and Marley Alutec, has said that the plant might close. Around 200 people could be affected, Kent Online reports. …

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has completed the roll out of five new branches in just one month – its biggest expansion project to date. The new sites will provide services for a wide range of social landlords including Wheatley Homes East, Home Group, Saxon Weald and Settle Group. Scott Cooper, …

Wrekin will now work alongside Product Industriels Lorrains (P.I.L), Fonderies de Saint Dizier (FSD), Geoworks, and Encotel who are all involved in the design, specification and manufacturing of products for the civil engineering industry. The group aims to “contribute to the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure” and boasts a …

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 …