Independent paint manufacturer HMG Paints of Collyhurst, Manchester entered its biggest team ever in the BUPA Great Manchester Run, the UK's largest 10k run.
Read More »Baxi’s Ecogen wins Green Innovation Award
The Ecogen micro-CHP from boiler and heating equipment manufacturer Baxi has won the Green Innovation Award at the Sustainability Now event.
Read More »Silverline launches 2010 Power Tool Drag Racing Championship
Tool supplier Silverline Tools has launched the 2010 Silverline Power Tool Drag Racing Championship.
Read More »Travis Perkins wins Supplier of the Year award
The Managed Services division of builders merchant group Travis Perkins was awarded Supplier of the Year at the Housing Excellence Awards last week.
Read More »Wolseley shares rise on trading update
Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley saw its shares rise last week after it released a trading update indicating a return to growth by the year end in July.
Read More »Leyland paints joins forces with Selco
Trade paint brand Leyland joined forces with builders merchant Selco in a national radio advertising campaign.
Read More »Travis Perkins’ sales rise for first four months
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw group revenue rise 2.2% for the four months to the end of April, according to an interim management statement issued today.
Read More »Government appoints new housing and construction ministers
The new UK coalition government has officially appointed its new housing and construction ministers.
Read More »Builders merchant meets man whose life he saved
Builders merchant Tom Waygood, who works at Travis Perkins in Bristol, has met up with the delivery driver whose life he helped to save in November.
Read More »Thompsons md reaches Everest base camp
Builders merchant Anne Ganley, managing director of north east independent builders merchants Thompsons Building Centres has successfully reached base camp on Mount Everest.
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