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More than one in five small building firms have been forced to cut jobs as a direct result of last year's VAT increase to 20%.
Read More »Experian claims construction will see “lost decade”
Zero growth - or very nearly - for a decade is on the cards for the UK construction industry according to financial reporting firm Experian.
Read More »Ebbsfleet FC is Plumb Center competition winner
Football club Ebbsfleet United has won the Best Loosers competition run by plumbers merchant Plumb Center.
Read More »Keating takes over from Baxi’s Kelly
Andrew Keating, currently marketing director at BDR-Thermea, is the new managing director, UK Boiler Division, with immediate effect.
Read More »CPA gets new chief executive
Dr Diana Montgomery has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Construction Products Association. She will take over from Michael Ankers who retires at the Association's AGM in April.
Read More »Institute offers website facility for builders merchants
The Institute of Builders Merchants is to provide the BMF Campus on-line product knowledge portal as a free benefit to its members.
Read More »No end in sight for housing doldrums
The UK housing market is likely to be even slower this year than it was in 2011, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Read More »Gibbs & Dandy help out at school
Builders merchant chain Gibbs & Dandy, has helped a primary school open its very own allotment, after pupils asked teachers for more outdoor learning spaces.
Read More »Travis Perkins to reduce its overdraft
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has announced a new banking facility, which will effectively reduce its overdraft.
Read More »BMF adds new members
Builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has announced that six new companies have been approved for membership.
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