Digger company JCB has donated diggers and electrical power generators worth around $1m to support the relief effort in earthquake-hit Nepal.
Read More »Lord Prescott to open Wienerberger’s e4 brick house™
Wienerberger has announced that the first e4 brick house™ will be officially opened on 16th June by Lord John Prescott at BRE's Innovation Park, as part of the park's 10th anniversary celebrations.
Read More »Construction output growth slows in April
UK construction companies saw growth slow up sharply in April, with output and new orders expanding at the slowest rates since June 2013, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index® survey.
Read More »Pagets Builders Merchants signs up to Living Wage
Sheffield indepdent builders merchant Pagets Builders Merchants Limited has become accredited as a Living Wage employer.
Read More »Gymnastics club benefits from RGB donation
Swallows of Helston Gymnastics Club has completed a renovation thanks to a donation of £1,000 worth of building materials from RGB Building Supplies' Porthleven branch.
Read More »Osborne heads to George Bence
Cheltenhan independent builders merchant George Bence & Sons played host to another George last week when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne, visited the company's branch in Cheltenham with the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Alex Chalk.
Read More »Stelrad bags radical award
Radiator manufacturer Stelrad has picked up another award for its Radical serial feed radiator.
Read More »Phil tackles Heatrae Sadia factory
Rugby legend and Celebrity MasterChef winner Phil Vickery MBE has been giving life on the production line a try, visiting Heatrae Sadia’s factory in Norwich for a behind the scenes tour of how the Aquatap drinking water unit is made.
Read More »Hope seeks HGV drivers
Thirty HGV drivers are sought by Hope Construction Materials, to operate the company's new fleet of Renault trucks.
Read More »Robert Price raises over £4000 through 2015 Charity Challenge.
Independent Welsh builders merchant Robert Price Builders' Merchants has raised £4,000 for charity by completing the 'South Wales 3 Peaks Trial. '
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