The performance of plumbers merchant Plumb Center helped parent company Wolseley make up for deterioration in their European markets.
Read More »Travis to join FTSE 100
Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins is expected to be promoted to the FTSE 100 share index on Wednesday.
Read More »Don’t forget to use BMJ’s new details
Having been sold to Datateam Business Media in April, the BMJ team has new contact details.
Read More »Covers takes on Pompey sponsorship
Independent timber and builders merchant Covers Timber & Builders Merchant is one of the main sponsors of the new Portsmouth FC shirt.
Read More »International Timber opens new distribution facility
Timber supplier International Timber has has completed the first part of its new state-of-the-art timber processing and distribution facility in Purfleet, Essex.
Read More »CBA moves forwards
Following the announcement that a number of independent builders merchants are to join a new buying group with CEMCO members, the remaining CBA members have announced that the remaining group will focus on the purchasing of core building, timber, hardware and civil engineering products.
Read More »Grafton Group sponsors Sunderland cycle challenge
Builders merchant group Grafton is sponsoring the Sunderland Association Football Club's Dublin to Sunderland Cycle Challenge.
Read More »Private housing holds up
Construction new orders for the first quarter of 2013, released today by the ONS, fell 10% compared to the fourth quarter.
Read More »Cavity wall industry decimated by Green Deal delays
The number of homes installing cavity wall insulation is 97% down, since the start of the government's Green Deal energy-efficiency scheme.
Read More »Bence falls fouls of banner busybodies
Independent builders merchant George Bence & Sons in Cheltenham has been ordered to remove advertising banners as part of a clampdown by the council.
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