News

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has called for a short-term rise in borrowing to fund the immediate release of £10bn for a major national housing programme.

Eight senior managers from underfloor heating systems provider Uponor and sister company Velta are undertaking a gruelling combination of cycling, canoeing and hiking for charity partner REGAIN.

Superglass Insulation, the independent manufacturer of fibre glass insulation, has signed significant distribution agreements with Jewson and Minster.

Two employees from Saint-Gobain PAM UK and one from Saint-Gobain Weber, are to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in September.

Two senior members of staff at Colchester builders merchant Kent Blaxill have clocked up 25 years of service.

Builders merchant Keyline, part of the Travis Perkins group, has teamed up with Concrete Canvas to exclusively supply the company's flexible cement impregnated fabric solution to the rail sector.

he Construction Products Association and Polypipe hosted a visit by the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Business and Energy, to the plastic pipe systems manufacturer's facilities in Kent.

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley UK has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard recertification in recognition of its work to measure, manage and reduce carbon emissions.

Brick and roof tile manufacturer Wienerberger has been fined following a worker's three-metre fall from the roof of an industrial oven.

A new survey has found that plumbers are more likely than any other trade to have to fix DIY disasters caused by their customers.