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Tarmac, the building materials company, has celebrated its 50th year of cement production with the opening of a new, state-of-the-art cement packing facility at its Tunstead cement site, near Buxton, Derbyshire.

Insulation manufacturer Knauf Insulation has won the inaugural Peter Buttle Trophy for Supplier of the Year to independent builders merchant buying group h&b.

The award recognises excellence of merchant suppliers, and was presented by ...

The Sutton branch of Champion Timber, has again invested in their local football team, Sutton United. The company is sponsoring the team’s white and red away kit for the new 2016/2017 season.

Oxfordshire-based builders and plumbers merchant John Nicholls has opeed a new branch in Bicester.

The new site is the largest single site within the Nicholls Group, covering 40,000sq ft. This includes a large builders' and plumbers' merchant, ...

The Government is launchng a £5bn fund to help ease the current housing crisis, the Conservative Party Conference heard yesterday.

Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Communities Secretary Sajid Javid are launching a £3 bn Home ...

Saffron Walden Mayor Sarfaz Anjum has officially opened a new decorating centre for East Anglian building supplies company Kent Blaxill on the Saffron Walden Shire Hill industrial estate.

Anglesey-based builders’ merchants Huws Gray has bought builders’ merchant Simmons of Stafford and specialist plumbing and heating business W.Dop & Son in Pwllheli (Gwynedd).

Kraig Seymour, Yard Sales Manager of the new Weybridge Champion Timber branch is readying himself for his second and final charity fundraising challenge of the summer.

Allan Orr, a sales coordinator at SIG Construction Accessories in Glasgow, has recently become the first person to receive a diploma in British Gypsum Products and Systems Knowledge after completing both British Gypsum’s e-Learning for Resellers and the Pure Practical course with a score of 100 per cent.

The creation of a dedicated fund aimed at lending to SME house builders, as announced by Philip Hammond and Sajid Javid at the Conservative Party Conference, will help to ease the housing criris in the UK, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, ...