Lead supplier Eco-Bat Technologies is uniting its British and French operations - British Lead (BLM) and Le Plomb Français - under the banner of the Eco-Bat Sheet Division.
Read More »Institute announces AGM date
The Institute of Builders Merchants will hold its AGM on March 8 at The Johnson Building in Derby College.
Read More »NBG LLP continues lightside expansion
Independent builders merchant buying group National Buying Group has further expanded its lightside category with the addition of two new partners.
Read More »Today’s VAT increase to cost over 11,000 jobs
In the next 10 years 11,400 jobs will be lost in the construction sector as a result of today's rise in the rate of VAT rise to 20% according to the federation of Master Builders.
Read More »Government presented with Zero Carbon Definition for New Homes
The Zero Carbon Hub Task Group has delivered recommendations to government for the carbon compliance levels of new homes from 2016, which will have a strong influence on product development plans for manufacturers and house builders over the next few years.
Read More »Grant & Stone hits record turnover levels
Buckinghamshire-based builders and plumbers merchant Grant & Stone has achieved its largest turnover month to date.
Read More »Graham opens new showroom
Plumbers merchant Graham, sister company to builders merchant Jewson, has opened a new bathroom showroom at its branch in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Read More »Ridgeons fined for H&S breach
East Anglian independent builders merchant Ridgeons has been prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive for breaches which caused an electrical contractor to break his back.
Read More »Bradfords opens new-look branch
South West based independent builders merchant Bradfords Building Supplies, has celebrated the opening of its refurbished branch in Taunton, Somerset.
Read More »Plumbers merchant reaches record sales
Southern independent plumbers merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies has hit a record turnover for 2010.
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