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Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins has cut its its mean gender pay gap in half for 2020. The group’s mean wage difference was 4.8% in 2020, compared to 10% in 2019. Particular progress was made in the Toolstation business,  the group’s latest gender gap pay report revealed, with …

Heavyside building materials supplier Mannok has posted 2020 final results that show sales holding steady despite the twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit. The company posted an increase in earnings EBITDA of 17% to €31.1m for the 12 months ending 31 December 2020. Revenue remained materially consistent at €233m, demonstrating …

The Builders Merchants Federation is co-ordinating a new scheme to provide NHS workers with discounts at local builders’ merchants. Launched today, (12 April 2021), the scheme sees NHS Discounts offered by 33 BMF merchants who between them operate 1,225 branches throughout the country. Each participating BMF member will offer their …

James Jones & Sons has installed new biomass plants at its Mosstodloch and Aboyne sawmills, spending a total of £5.4m. The new 2.5 megawatt plant at Mosstodloch will provide sustainable biomass from the groups own operations, providing heat for buildings, kilns and timber treatment. This replaces an existing gas boiler …

Neoperl UK is taking delivery of four new high speed moulding machines in a significant investment to further improve the quality and efficiency in their UK production of flow regulators. The four new machines are being delivered in two batches; two arrived in March and the other two by the …

Cement manufacturer Tarmac Cement is welcoming members of construction charity, Band of Builders, onto the latest episode of its popular One of the Family podcast. Band of Builders’ Trustee Gavin Crane and Project Lead Tim Winch will be joined by Tarmac Cement’s Aisling Molloy to discuss the charity and its latest …

British shower products manufacturer, KUDOS has invested in extra production capacity at its manufacturing site in Cumbria. The £650,000 investment has seen the installation of a new shower tray production facility to supplement the existing tray manufacturing unit in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Last year, the company moved its finished goods …

Building products distributor, SIG UK,has bought Bristol-based construction product supplier F30 Building Products.   A national supplier with a broad range of specialist products, F30 Building Products operates from branches in Bristol and Plymouth and will continue to trade under its current name and branding but with the full support …

 BEIS Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change, Lord Callanan, joined an expert industry panel to discuss the heating industry’s journey to zero emmissions. A key theme and outcome of the panel discussion was the pressing need for government and industry to engage consumers and influential heating installers. Karen …

Output in the UK construction industry in March 2021 expanded at its fastest pace since September 2014. That’s according to the latest  IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index, which registered 61.7 in March, up sharply from 53.3 in February. Housebuilding (index at 64.0) was the best-performing category, with growth …