Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK turned its Panshanger Park quarry into an outdoor classroom for the day as ecology students from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew learned how quarry restoration can be a friend to nature.
Read More »Green Deal needs 5% VAT rate says CPA chair
The government must support the Green Deal by levying a rate of 5% on work connected with it, according to Bill Bolsover, chairman of the Construction Products Association.
Read More »Bekstone praised by Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust has confirmed today that paving and walling supplier Bekstone has further reduced its carbon emissions by an astounding 19.2%.
Read More »Plumb Center calls for more RHI support
Plumbers merchant Plumb Center has called for the Government to restore confidence to the renewables industry after the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive scheme was unexpectedly suspended.
Read More »Shapps: we need 200k more homes a year
Housing minister Grant Shapps wants the Government needs to build at least a further 200,000 homes a year.
Read More »Cemex fined after worker killed in explosion at Rugby
Cement manufacturer Cemex has been fined £200,000 following the death of a worker in an explosion at its Rugby factory.
Read More »Kerridge buysTIS Software Ltd
Computer systems supplier Kerridge Commercial Systems has bought TIS Software, which trades as Strategix OneOffice and Global Business Systems.
Read More »Thompsons chief honoured by City
Anne Ganley, chief executive of Sunderland independent builders merchant Thompson Building Centres has been honoured by Sunderland City Council.
Read More »HSE fines Jewson man for safety breach
A lorry loader working for builders merchant Jewson has been fined after another worker was crushed in the brick clamp of the lorry loader, leaving him with serious internal injuries.
Read More »Freight association launches safe lorry loading DVD
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI) have jointly produced a DVD covering the most common applications and uses of lorry loaders, with a strong emphasis on basic operating skills and awareness of the associated hazards.
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