Builders merchant Jewson and sister plumbers merchant Graham are to deliver a series of roadshows under their Greenworks sustainable building solutions brand. The events will highlight the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Read More »Aggregate and cement sales reflect continued building slump
Sales of cement, aggregates and ready mixed concrete fell including significantly year-on-year in the three months to September, according to the Mineral Products Association.
Read More »Castle Cement sentence adjourned
The case brought by the Environment Agency Wales against Castle Cement, (now called Hanson Cement,) has been adjourned until December 3.
Read More »Builders give low carbon plans lukewarm welcome
Cutting planning red tape to deliver low carbon homes is welcome news but it needs to be part of an overall package to help householders retrofit their homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders.
Read More »BSW Timber buys sixth UK operation
The purchase of Howie Forest Products by BSW Timber will boost the latter's annual sawn timber capacity to more than one million cubic metres.
Read More »Wolseley profits drop 45pc in three months
Plumbers and builders merchant chain Wolseley today announced that revenue and pre-tax profits have continued to fall, by 13% and 45% respectively.
Read More »MKM staff mourn colleague killed after night out
Staff at builders merchants MKM Building Supplies in Hull are mourning the sudden death of their colleague Stephen Foster, who died on Saturday.
Read More »Government 2020 housing targets ‘unlikely to be met’
New research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shows the government is likely to be woefully shy of its own target of three million new homes by 2020.
Read More »Hanson to decide this month on Accrington Brick future
This month is likely to see a decision on whether the historic Accrington Brick factory, owned by Hanson Building Products, will remain open.
Read More »Recession ‘no excuse’ for lower sustainability standards
Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has said that housebuilders and the supply chain needs to continue to focus on sustainability and that a recession is "no excuse" for housebuilders to lower their sustainability standards.
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