News

Builders merchant The Builders Supply Company in Kendal is the first merchant to take up a green energy centre franchise.

Irish Building materials group CRH is to pay more than €100m for a Belgian cement business, having already spent €186m on 21 acquisitions and joint ventures in the first half of the year.

Business Minister Mark Prisk MP visited bathroom manufacturer Armitage Shanks as part of a tour of West Midlands businesses.

Brassware manufacturer VADO won the 'Best Stand' award at this year's NMBS Exhibition in Telford.

Plumbers merchant Plumb Center and sister company Parts Center are aiming to raise more awareness about water treatment amongst their installer customers and, through them, householders.

Builders merchant Jewson has paid out £390,870 in compensation to a former manager after a tribunal found that it broke disability discrimination rules.

More than 5,000 construction firms have gone bust since 2009, according to accountants PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Grafton Group, the Dublin-based builders and plumbers merchant company group saw a strong performance from its UK businesses offsetting weakness in Ireland.

The Construction Products Association's State of Trade Survey shows that export business is helping many manufacturers make-up for an uncertain UK economy.

Nearly a third of small building firms expect to cut jobs over the next six months according to a new survey from the Federation of Master Builders.