Sheffield-based hand tools brand Footprint has restarted production at its Sedgley Road site in Owlerton, Sheffield under the name Footprint Sheffield, the former holding company of Footprint Tools.
Read More »Eurocell buys Deeplas
Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd has bought the Deeplas brand and foam roofline product range from Deceuninck Ltd.
Read More »Paint producer shortlisted for sustainability awards
ICI Paints AkzoNobel has been shortlisted for the Green Business Awards' Green Product accolade, and for the coveted Sustainable Manufacturer award at the UK Green Building Council's (UK GBC) Making Sustainable Development Happen Awards.
Read More »Boiler scrappage campaign gets Early Day Motion
Support for the plumbers and builders merchant campaign Reheat Britain has reached the House of Commons, with an Early Day Motion being tabled by Liberal Democrat MP, Richard Younger-Ross.
Read More »Software group buys new company
Blue Rock Systems Ltd, the supplier of software solutions to builders merchants, has bought the Nottingham based IT software company Sense Computers Systems from the Sense Group for £670,000.
Read More »Wickes team rises to the challenge
A team of fundraisers from Wickes, part of Travis Perkins Group, were due to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro this morning, to raise money for Wickes's chosen charity Leukaemia Research.
Read More »Customer breaks the code at Kent Blaxill
A long-standing customer worked out the combination of a safe at East Anglian independent builders merchant Kent Blaxill's Tool Fayre to win £500.
Read More »Tarmac to close Suffolk depot
Tarmac will close its Suffolk site the end of this month.
Read More »Jewson launch builders merchant degree
Builders merchant chain Jewson yesterday launched a degree course in builders merchanting in partnership with Birmingham City University and FDF (Foundation Degree Forward).
Read More »Merchant fined after health and safety accident
A Herefordshire-based builders and timber merchant was fined £3,500 with £8,973 after an employee's hand was nailed to a pallet in March last year.
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