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Lintel manufacturer IG Lintels  has celebrated its 60th birthday with a gala dinner in Cardiff. The evening started with a champagne reception followed by a dinner hosted by David Meade. One highlight of the evening was a special video, made in the style of the Back to the Future films, …

Independent builders’ merchant, James Burrell, has announced the development of a new £2m branch in Yorkshire, set to open in Rotherham early next year. The new site will be the tenth for the family-owned company and is expected to open in spring 2019. The announcement follows a wave of investment by …

Aquisitive Angeley-based independent builders merchant Huws Gray has made its biggest purchase to date with the acquisition of East Anglian independent Ridgeons.   The purchase of the family-owned Ridgeons adds 40 branches to Huws Gray’s 62-branch empire which stretches across Wales and the north west of England, as far down …

Three National Buying Group (NBG) partners from across the UK, are expanding their offerings with new sites, branches and showrooms. The successful partners, based in Oxford, Derby and Malvern, are looking to re-invest in their businesses and broaden their product and service offerings. As active partners of NBG, the UK’s …

National Buying Group (NBG) has raised £2,500 for Leamington Cricket Club’s junior team, at an annual charity event that took place last month. This year the partners dominated the cricket pitch, stealing the trophy from the team of suppliers, who had previously retained the winning title for the past three …

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is helping to address the sobering issue of drugs and alcohol on the UK and Irish construction industries. The Scheme’s new ‘Drugs and Alcohol e-learning’ course focuses on how contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and clients can take practical and effective measures to safeguard and protect the workforce …

Rudridge Gravesend has been awarded a top score of 8 in its latest Stay Safe Review. The annual audit, which is a legal requirement for the construction industry, ensures that the business is complying to the latest health and safety compliance standards. The review covers general housekeeping, yard management processes, …

The BBA’s head of marketing, Wendy Ajuwon (left of picture), made a special certificate presentation at UK Construction Week @UK-CW this week, welcoming general manager of @ecologicalbuild, Penny Randell onto the BBA stand and presenting her with a BBA product certificate for the pro clima Intello Plus #airtightness system. The …

Today, The Concrete Block Association (CBA), the independent UK body for aggregate concrete block manufacturers, launches its part of the Modern Masonry ‘Better Built in Blockwork’ campaign to educate the construction industry on benefits of concrete block construction.  The CBA has created an online portal, backed up with an events …

Rowlinson Timber Ltd is a main distribution hub in the South East, on the back of   large/sustained and successful growth over the last few years. From 1st January 2019 its main operations  will be based from the Port of Sheerness, Kent, working in collaboration with Peel Ports. “Due to our …