DIY retail brand B&Q is launching a web site for its trade-only Tradepoint brand next year.
Read More »Taps makes the move into Yorkshire
Independent plumbers merchant TAPS, part of Thompson Building Centres, has opened a branch in North Yorkshire.
Read More »Rok collapse claims Chandos scalp
Timber frame supplier Chandos Timber Engineering has fallen foul of the collapse of failed building firm Rok.
Read More »UK construction activity stays subdued
November continued to show a slowing up of construction activity according to the latest Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers' Index, although it was slightly higher than in October.
Read More »CPA warns of two-year halt to construction recovery
The recovery in construction output experienced by the industry during much of 2010 will stall in 2011 according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association.
Read More »BSS covers five countries in two days
Three directors from commercial and industrial distributor BSS Industrial have cycled across five countries in just two and a half days.
Read More »Builders merchant raises cash for ambulance charity
County Durham building fabricator and builders merchants S&A held a fund raising evening in aid of The Great North Air Ambulance.
Read More »Screwfix screws up in Wales
Screwfix, sister company to diy chain B&Q, has had to apologise to Welsh customers after a bungled translation of marketing leaflets.
Read More »Parker opens 11th branch
Sussex-based independent builders merchant Parker Building Supplies has opened a new branch Tonbridge, Kent.
Read More »Retrofit conference to unveil Energy House
The University of Salford is holding a conference on the challenge of how to sustainably retrofit existing housing stock which will also feature the unveiling of the world's first Energy House.
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