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Plumbers' merchant Wolseley has bought a US plumbing rival in a deal worth £49m.
Read More »Construction contraction continues
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.
Read More »Travis Perkins’ financial director to move on
Paul Hampden Smith is stepping down from his role as group financial director of builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins.
Read More »SCA Timber and merchants plant trees in schools
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.
Read More »Travis Perkins trades to expectations
Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins has released an interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 September 2012 compared with quarter two.
Read More »Builders warn of continuing slump in housebuilding
Small house builders' workloads have slumped as the recession continues for small to medium sized building firms.
Read More »Lawsons leaves NBG
Independent builders merchant Lawsons is resigning from the builders merchant buying group National Buying Group, with effect from January 1, 2013.
Read More »PM accepts ‘need for homes’
Prime Minister David Cameron MP has come down on the side of the housebuilding industry.
Read More »Insulation sector issues stark job loss warning
The Government seems not to care that up to 16,000 jobs in the insulation could be at risk if its flagship Green Deal initiative is not better managed.
Read More »Howarth Timber completes Snowdonia Challenge
Timber group Howarth Timber has taken its employees to new heights in aid of charity.
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