Timber company BSW Timber has increased both turnover and profits, on the back of which it plans to expand capacity at both its Fort William and Latvian Mills in a drive to produce more than 1.3million cu m of sawn timber per year across all mills.
Read More »Trading Standards targets builders merchants
Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has warned that Norfolk Trading Standards is the first authority to resume full scale checking of the weights of bulk bagged aggregates being sold by merchants.
Read More »Plumbase invests in future plumbers
Plumbers merchant Plumbase supplied plumbing materials for the WorldSkills London 2011 Plumbing and Heating contest.
Read More »NBG Gala tickets move fast
Independent builders merchant buying group is holding its Partner/Supplier conference in Edinburgh next month and has announced that tickets for the Gala Dinner are selling out fast.
Read More »HSE to swoop on builders merchants
Luton Borough Council has told builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation that it is planning Health & Safety inspections of builders merchants and other distributors in the Luton area.
Read More »Huws Gray buys brick stock
North Wales-based independent builders merchant Huws Gray has bought the entire stock of Caradale Traditional Brick Ltd from the administrators.
Read More »Baxi wins green award
Boiler manufacturer Baxi has been named Green Manufacturer of the Year at the InstallerLive Awards.
Read More »Merchants shortlisted for construction marketing awards
Campaigns by builders merchant Build Center and plumbers merchant BSS are among those shortlisted for this year's Construction Marketing Awards.
Read More »Buildbase’s Sam rides out for Macmillan
A builders merchant from Buildbase in Leicester has completed a 95mile sponsored cycle ride in aid of the charity Macmillan.
Read More »Geberit lends a hand for TV’s DIY SOS
Plumbing fittings supplier Geberit helped a TV charity appeal by supplying pipe fittings and tools to help renovate a rundown youth centre in a deprived area of Liverpool.
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