News

Insulation distributor Minster has completed this year's Charity Challenge to raise nearly £20,000 for Barnados.

This November staff from independent builders merchant Covers Timber & Builders Merchants are taking part in the annual Movember charity appeal, growing moustaches for the entire month of November.

Independent builders merchant Crescent Building Supplies welcomed a celebrity to its Ruislip branch this morning (October 17) - Paralympic double gold medallist Natasha Baker.

Plumbers' merchant Wolseley has bought a US plumbing rival in a deal worth £49m.

Construction output is forecast to fall by 6.3% this year and a further 1.4% next, before a return to growth in 2014 according to the latest Construction Industry Forecasts published by the Construction Products Association.

Paul Hampden Smith is stepping down from his role as group financial director of builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins.

Around twenty-six schools joined SCA Timber Supply and timber & builders merchant customers to plant trees to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins has released an interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 September 2012 compared with quarter two.

Small house builders' workloads have slumped as the recession continues for small to medium sized building firms.

Independent builders merchant Lawsons is resigning from the builders merchant buying group National Buying Group, with effect from January 1, 2013.