News

Distributor SIG posted a first-half pre-tax loss of £125.4m for the first half of 2020, compared with a £2.3m profit for the same period in 2019. Turnover, at £840m during the period, was down from £1,113m. A new management team is now in place with a new growth strategy and …

Heating manufacturer Grant UK is taking on the sponsorship of the Devizes Town Youth Football Club Under 12’s Team for the 2020/21 season. The Devizes Town YFC is an organisation run by volunteers who provide football to boys and girls between the ages of 3 years up to 18 years. …

A new show from building trade radio station Fix Radio,  is being sponsored by British Gypsum and features Chris Frediani, the plasterer from BBC TV’s DIY-SOS as host The Plastering Show will air on Fridays at 1pm each week and be a real focal point for thousands of plasterers up …

Work has started on a Doncaster hospital’s new memorial ‘rainbow garden’ thanks to Polypipe Building Products and other local businesses. Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals Rainbow Garden appeal was set up to establish memorial gardens in both Doncaster and Bassetlaw to remember those who lost their lives to Covid-19. Doncaster-based …

Builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse is sponsoring the Osbaldwick Cricket Club, who play in the York & District Senior Cricket League. A cricket club in York is hoping to leave its rivals stumped after securing sponsorship from one of the UK’s leading builders merchants. First team player, committee member and …

Quinn Industrial Holdings is to rebrand as Mannok , a move which will also affect the Quinn Building Products and Quinn Packaging  brands. The company issued a statement which said that the rebrand to Mannok marks the culmination of a 5-year transformation and investment programme that has repositioned the business …

Builders merchants’ trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has published its first Builders Merchants Industry Forecast Report to take account of the Covid-19 pandemic. Interrupted and unsettling trading patterns during the first six months of 2020 made the second half of the year more difficult to predict.  Initial forecasts expected …

UK timber company Premier Forest Group has been listed in the annual Sunday Times PwC Top Track 250 league table which ranks Britain’s leading mid-market private companies. The inclusion of the Newport-based company reflects its strong financial performance, and also its work supporting the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly …

Wolseley, the plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant, is evolving its brand to highlight and signpost its key specialisms, under the banners of Wolseley Pipe and Wolseley Climate. John Hancock, managing director of Wolseley Pipe and Wolseley Climate, says: “In January 2018 our business brought together its different units under …

Etex Group has bought FSi Limited, the UK manufacturer and supplier of firestopping products. With an annual turnover of around £20 million, FSi ‘s product portfolio includes intumescent sealants and ablative-coated stone wool batts. The move strengthens Etex’s ability to provide comprehensive lightweight construction solutions for clients through its Building …