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Elliotts, the South’s leading independent supplier of building materials for the trade and public, has presented a cheque for £13,500 to Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. The amount was raised by Elliotts employees who took part in the Challenge Adventure Charities ‘Alsace Challenge’ – a 550-mile bike ride from Arras to …

Is the Mayor delivering homes for London? 66,000 new homes are needed in London, including 43,000 affordable homes. The Mayor’s Housing Strategy needs to improve housing delivery in London and build more homes for Londoners, especially affordable ones. His long-term goal is to ensure that half of all new homes …

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) – representing SME builders and regional contractors across England and Wales – agrees with the Government that the UK and the EU should be permanently and fully exempted from the American measures on steel and aluminium. Richard Beresford, chief executive of the NFB, said: “The steel tariffs …

Staff from the Bradfords Group were laying the foundations of great customer service by getting their hands dirty at a practical training session in Weston Super Mare last week. Ten staff from the Weston Super Mare branch were schooled in the arts of brickwork, fencing, rendering and slab laying to …

The Door & Hardware Federation has welcomed recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety’s final report published on 17 May. “We wholeheartedly support the proposals set out in Dame Judith’s final report, particularly pertaining to the development of a clearer, more transparent and …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched its 19th Regional Centre of Excellence with the support of Grundfos. The growing network of BMF Regional Centres of Excellence is making training courses and regional meetings more accessible to BMF members around the country. The latest centre, based in Grundfos’s fantastic office …

Van drivers have been warned to take more care on the roads amid concerns their bad driving could be bad for business. Experts at one of the UK’s leading suppliers of vans to tradesmen and women LeaseVan.co.uk say poor van driving could be enough to put people off dealing with …

BSW Timber has announced its latest investment of €40m in Slovenia, constructing a new sawmill, CHP plant and pellet manufacturing facility. Representatives from BSW, including CEO Tony Hackney, visited Slovenia on Tuesday 22nd May to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the ambitious development plans, together with the Government of …

Norbord has unveiled its new OSB mill at its site near Inverness, with increased production capacity planned to take advantage of market demand. The project has been a significant one, with 10 years of planning followed by three years of construction and modernisation works. The new mill is still being …

Hempel Group, parent company of Crown Paints,is acquiring a 65 per cent stake in leading German paint manufacturer J.W. Ostendorf (JWO). Operating throughout 20 European and five non-European countries, family-owned JWO is one of Germany’s leading decorative paint manufacturers and is the only private label specialist in Europe. The deal …