Saint-Gobain's new charity partners in the UK and Ireland for 2014 and 2015 will be Macmillan Cancer Support and the Irish Cancer Society.
Read More »BMF rues missed opportunities in Autumn Statement
The Builders Merchants Federation says the government's Autumn Statement missed an opportunity for genuine reform taxes.
Read More »Timber company fined for finger loss
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after an employee severed three fingers in an unguarded roller conveyor.
Read More »Autumn statement will leave thousands of households out in the cold, warns Knauf Insulation
Knauf Insulation has questioned Chancellor George Osborne's promise to reduce household energy bills by £50 per year, asking what the true cost of these savings will be for the insulation industry.
Read More »Jewson training programme builds on timber expertise
Builders merchant Jewson has implemented a new Timber Star Performance Programme, a Timber & Sheet Material Knowledge and Sales based Training programme.
Read More »Autumn Statement gets mixed industry response
The Chancellor's Autumn Statement, delivered this morning (5 December) has received a mixed response from the industry.
Read More »Ridgeons makes Cambridge’s top 15
East Anglia independent timber and builders' merchant Ridgeons has been named as one of the top 15 most influential businesses in and around Cambridge.
Read More »NMBS + Unimer = independent merchant supergroup
Builders merchants buying groups NMBS and Unimer are merging to create a super group for independent merchants.
Read More »Construction output rises at fastest pace since August 2007
November showed a further strong increase in construction industry output, according to figures from the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index® (PMI®)
Read More »Visqueen staff dress up for Children in Need
Staff from Visqueen, manufacturer of building films, have raised hundreds of pounds for BBC Children in Need.
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