A significant capital restructuring has rescued building products group Heywood Williams from administration, safeguarding around 1,000 jobs.
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 »Posh people’s plumber goes undercover on TV
The boss of top-end plumbing company Pimlico Plumbers has gone undercover on a construction site in Warrington for the Secret Millionaire TV series on Channel 4.
Read More »UK’s greenest house costs £70 a year in bills
A house being built in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, is set to become Britain's most energy-efficient home, with fuel bills of just £70 a year.
Read More »Pupils explore Cemex quarry
Cement manufacturer Cemex played host to local schoolchildren at their Aylesford quarry as part of the company's corporate social responsibility program and efforts to work more closely with local communities.
Read More »Derby builders merchant gets new look
Following an 18-month project, Derby builders merchant Lakes Buildbase has transformed and improved its five-acre site in the city.
Read More »Timber company starts up in Lockerbie
Timber company James Jones and Sons is commissioning its new saw mill at the Lockerbie base.
Read More »JCB donates machinery to earthquake appeal
Digger and Teletruk manufacturer JCB has donated machinery worth more than £150,000 to help with the relief effort following the earthquake which hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra two weeks ago.
Read More »Marshalls hosts royal visitor
Marshalls plc, the hard landscaping manufacturer, has played host to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester at its offices in Elland, West Yorkshire.
Read More »Footprint brand back in business
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.
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