Plumbing, heating and industrial equipment merchants BSS Group saw sales inch upwards from £1.28bn to £1.34bn in the year to March 31 2009.
Read More »Dulux Centres launch paint can recycling service
Dulux Decorator Centres have launched a bespoke can recycling service in a bid to reduce the quantity of waste material going into rubbish dumps.
Read More »Travis Perkins and SIG join Dow Jones Stoxx 600
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins will be part of the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index from June 22. Construction materials group SIG is also joining the index from the same date.
Read More »Government considers targeting home extensions via Part L
Homeowners who add extensions to their houses could be forced to improve the energy efficiency of their entire property if the government gets its way.
Read More »Builders merchants aim high for sponsorship
Hilton Supplies, the Moretonhampstead independent builder's merchants have sponsored local shooter Leslie Johnstone.
Read More »House-building decline stabilises
Latest figures from housebuilders suggest that the freefall in housebuilding has stablised.
Read More »Hanson UK to be sold
Heidelberg Cement has put its UK division Hanson back on the market with a reported price-tag of £1bn.
Read More »Deepings Trading support Lincoln ladies
Deepings Trading Company, the independent builders merchants in Market Deeping are now sponsoring a Lincoln-based ladies football team.
Read More »Arson suspected at merchant premises
An explosion at a disused warehouse belonging to a former builders merchants in Peterlee is being investigated as a possible arson attack.
Read More »Wolseley win safe driving award
Builders and plumbers merchants chain Wolseley has won an award from a fleet management publication for its driving and fleet management.
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