News

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.

International Building Products Ltd is the new name for CSI, owner of the IBP Group of businesses which includes the Conex Bänninger plumbing brands.

The Government's Behavioural Insights Team is to evaluate a number of trials with DIY retailer B&Q and some energy companies designed to help structure the roll-out of the Green Deal next year.

Builders merchant Build Center has donated materials to help a Northamptonshire hospice with its fundraising target.

The Institute of Builders Merchants will be holding a 'Practical Building Skills Challenge Event' at Cambridge Regional College on Wednesday October 19, 2011.

BM TRADA Certification will be exhibiting at Timber Expo 2011, the new exhibition for the timber sector.

A team from builders merchant Travis Perkins is to cycle from Lands End to John O Groats, having already done the trip in the other direction a year ago.

With water use high on the agenda after one of the driest European springs on record the Bathroom Manufacturers Association is demanding action to avoid shortages.

The Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants celebrated its 50th Anniversary at the Guildhall in London.

Construction activity will continue to decline for at least the next two years, before any significant recovery returns in 2014.