Housing minister John Healey this week gave the go-ahead for construction of 2,000 council homes for rent, in the biggest local authority housebuilding programme in almost two decades.
Read More »Tool maker closes after 240 years
No buyers have been found for the Cheshire tool manufacturer Caldwells manufacturing which has closed down with the loss of 28 jobs.
Read More »Boiler campaign gets a TV push
PTS managing director Alan Ball was on BBC TV today, promoting the Boiler Scrappage Scheme petition set up by fellow plumbers merchant Mick Williams.
Read More »Unimer transactions down but share grows
Builders merchant cooperative and clearing house Unimer processed transactions worth £739m in the year to April 2009, down 13.6% on the previous year according to results released to the AGM this week.
Read More »Revenue in dawn raid on construction industry fraudsters
Some 21 people connected with the building sector were arrested in raids yesterday by HM Revenue & Customs officers investigating a multi million pound construction industry fraud.
Read More »Irish builders merchant guilty of tax fraud
A builders' merchant from Dungannon in Northern Ireland has pleaded guilty to 17 years of income tax and VAT fraud.
Read More »Halifax reports house prices rising
House prices rose by 0.8% in August compared with July - the second monthly rise in a row, says the Halifax.
Read More »Elliotts open new Romsey builders merchant branch
Hampshire independent builders merchants Elliotts have opened a new branch in Romsey.
Read More »Fallon takes over Beaumont names
Jim Fallon, former general manager of the water heater maker Beaumont, has bought the trading names of the business from the liquidator, following Beaumont's failure in June this year.
Read More »B&Q parent figures leaked ahead of schedule
Kingfisher, parent company of B&Q was forced to release its first half figures nine days early after an "administrative error" saw draft numbers circulated.
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