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Some 50,000 building plots for affordable housing have already been identified according to housing minister Grant Shapps.
Read More »PM plans to build 200,000 homes
The Prime Minister wants to revamp the council house right-to-buy scheme in order to generate the cash to build more homes.
Read More »BSS bikes to Brussels
Four members of the BSS Industrial senior management team have cycled a 215 mile round trip from Paris to Brussels in just 60 hours.
Read More »Wolseley improves sales profits and margins
Plumbers and builders merchant group Wolseley reaped the rewards of its cost-cutting and disposal programme, seeing group sales rise 3% with trading profits 38% ahead for the year ending July 31 2011.
Read More »Build Center goes pink for Breast Cancer Care
Builders' merchant Build Center is selling bright pink wheelbarrows across its branches in Sussex and Surrey to raise money for the Breast Cancer Care charity.
Read More »Grant & Stone adds to electrical offering.
Independent builders merchant Grant & Stone has expanded its electrical division with the opening of a new branch in Hemel Hempstead.
Read More »Travis Perkins completes Buck and Hickman sale
Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins plc has completed the sale of the Buck and Hickman tool distribution subsidiary it acquired as part of its purchase of the BSS Group.
Read More »CCF raises £17,000 for charity
Employees from CCF, the interior building products distribution arm of builders merchant group Travis Perkins, took on the Beat the Moon Challenge this month, raising money for Happy Days Charity.
Read More »Builders welcome Labour’s VAT support
The Labour Party's announcement on Monday that it supports a VAT cut to 5% on domestic Repair Maintenance and Improvement (RM&I) works is welcome news to the building industry, says the Federation of Master Builders.
Read More »Wolseley shares out the profits
Plumbers merchant group Wolseley is paying out up to £4.5m in profit-sharing, to make up for low salary increases.
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