Pimlico Plumbers CEO, Charlie Mullins, shares his thoughts on how installers can add value through PR.
Read More »Construction activity slows despite tenth straight quarter of growth
The Construction Product Association's (CPA) latest Construction Trade Survey shows that activity in construction rose for the tenth consecutive quarter in Q3.
Read More »Solid growth in the UK replacement kitchen doors market
The market for replacement kitchen doors has shown solid growth since 2008, with average annual growth of around 4-5%.
Read More »Lords raises money for Children’s Cancer UK
Lords Builders Merchants held their seventh Annual Golf Day in September at the Ealing Golf Club for 50 of their customers.
Read More »Coomers Staff Take On Great South Run for GUTS
More than 20,000 elite athletes, celebs, club runners, and fundraisers took part in the 25th Great South Run at Southsea on October 25th 2015.
Read More »Greenworks 100,000 hours of training
Greenworks Training Academy hit its 100,000 training hours milestone in November, the equivalent of an installer working eight hours a day, five days a week, for the last 50 years.
Read More »CPA’s Skills Report: Ways to Formalise Construction Training
Manufacturers and distributors of construction products run thousands of training programmes for the builders and tradespeople who install their products. An opportunity exists to put that training on a formal footing with nationally recognised qualifications, according to a report from the Construction Products Association (CPA).
Read More »Travis Perkins plc acknowledged in National Apprenticeship Awards
Travis Perkins plc has been highly commended at the East Midlands final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2015.
Read More »Ibstock Brick gets planning permission green light
Ibstock Brick is set to bring an additional 100m bricks per year to the UK construction market, having secured planning permission to proceed with new state-of-the-art facility in Ibstock.
Read More »Construction staff remain in high demand during October
The latest Report on Jobs, published by KPMG and the REC, highlighted slower, but still robust, growth of demand for permanent and temporary staff in the construction sector during October.
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