Fewer construction companies went broke in the latest quarter of this year than did in the second and the first quarters, according to figures from accountancy firm Grant Thornton.
Read More »Snickers raises cash for children
Snickers Workwear raised £2700 for two children's charities during their stint at construction industry exhibition Interbuild last month
Read More »Wienerberger opens training centre with builders merchant
Brick manufacturer Wienerberger and builders merchant EH Smith have launched a dedicated training centre for the former's Porotherm engineered clay block system.
Read More »Akzo Nobel fined €40.6m for price fixing
Decorative paints and chemicals firm ordered to pay out following an investigation by the European Commission.
Read More »Travis Perkins rejoins Timber Trade Federation
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins will rejoin the Timber Trade Federation in 2010.
Read More »Wolseley commit to self build
Builders merchant group Wolseley UK have built a house at the BuildStore National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon, which it launched on 29 October.
Read More »Isaac Lord sold to private investors
Award-winning tool retailer Isaac Lord has been sold, ending 117 years of ownership by the Lord family.
Read More »Installers back Plumbfix ID request to stop cowboys
A poll of more than 600 plumbing and heating installers has revealed support for a policy to restrict the sale of gas safe critical products to Gas Safe registered engineers only.
Read More »CRH sees decline slowing
Building materials group CRH, owner of Ibstock Brick, says that trading conditions in Europe and the US are still difficult, but it says the pace of decline is slowing.
Read More »Unimer hosts record supplier lunch
Builders merchant invoice clearing house Unimer hosted its annual Supplier Luncheon for a record number of suppliers earlier this month.
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