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Builders merchant Travis Perkins is looking to develop more multiple mixed-use schemes in London that incorporate residential properties as well as builders merchants. The company is reviewing options at a number of its 182 London branches and has four developments in the pipeline. Three are existing Travis Perkins sites that …

Snows Timber’s Glastonbury Distribution Centre has installed a bio-mass boiler to cut carbon emissions and improve efficiency. The boiler runs on offcuts from the distribution centre’s sawmills and produces a fraction of the carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels. It runs at 90 per cent efficiency, causing significantly less waste …

Claire Perry MP and Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth has opened Grant UK’s new Showroom and Meeting Suite  at their Devizes headquarters. Perry, the Member of Parliament for the Devizes Constituency, said: “As the local MP and a local resident, I am proud to be on the Hopton …

MDF profile supplier, The W Howard Group has, this month, signed up to membership of the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF). W Howard’s group commercial director, Simon Fleet said: “The BMF provides great opportunities for networking, training and importantly, legislation lobbying, ensuring that the market’s best interests are upheld and communicated …

A fire at a builders merchant in Risca, Gwent, caused damage worth up to £50,000, police have said. While the cause of the fire at T G Howell and Sons on Clifton Street is still being investigated, Gwent Police have appealed for information to help with enquiries. The fire is …

Brighton’s Chandlers Building Supplies has rallied the support of well-known faces and neighbours to help celebrate its open morning on July 4 and raise funds for a local homeless charity. The event, to mark the opening of its newly extended site on Basin Road North, is supported by its neighbour, …

Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation is to hold its next conference in the World Heritage City of Dubrovnik. Next year’s  conference will be at the  5* Sun Garden’s Resort from 13 to 16 June 2019, and will be hosted by TV presenter Gethin Jones. BMF CEO John …

CEMEX UK is moving its headquarters to Rugby from Thorpe, Surrey, next month. The new HQ was the global head offices of Rugby Group until 2000 and the Rugby offices have been a regional centre for CEMEX UK but from 1 July the senior leadership team and all back-office functions …

The new £52m Largs Campus was formally opened by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. It was a day to remember for pupils and staff in what was a fitting celebration of North Ayrshire’s newest and largest school. Described as the ‘perfect place for young people to learn and …

With the UK in the grip of a housing crisis, the government has naturally focused its efforts on increasing the number of new homes built, by setting an ambitious target of 300,000 a year. That means now, more than ever, it’s important for building materials manufacturers to play their role …