Construction output and employment are set to fall even further in 2009 and 2010, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Construction Products Association.
Read More »Lafarge roll out new website
Building materials manufacturers Lafarge have relaunched their UK website to coincide with the roll-out of Lafarge Cement's redesigned packed cement range.
Read More »Timber merchant wins Lifetime achievement award
Frank Hellyer, a former director of Covers Timber and Builders Merchants, has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chichester Observer Business Awards.
Read More »PTS branch aim for new heights
Staff from the Aldridge and Tamworth branches of plumbers merchants PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) are preparing to climb Mount Snowdon in aid of children's charity NSPCC.
Read More »Thermalite up for sale again
Hanson Building Products have put their Thermalite airecrete block business up for sale as part of a re-alignment by parent company HeidelbergCement behind their core markets.
Read More »Travis Perkins launch rights issue to raise £314m
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins is launching a rights issue to raise around £314m, just weeks after rival builders merchants Wolseley competed their £1bn cash call.
Read More »Travis Perkins merchant sales fall 19% in four months
Builders merchants Travis Perkins have seen a fall in sales of 19% on a like-for-like basis at their merchanting division for the first four months of 2009.
Read More »Tile Depot roll out bathroom collection
Tile and stone retailers Tile Depot are now selling bathroom suites alongside their tile ranges, both in-store and on-line.
Read More »Anti-cement campaigner hit with court costs
A campaigner who failed in a bid to limit operations at Cemex's Rugby Cement works may have to pay £88,000 in costs.
Read More »Hanson parent reports Q1 loss of 63m euros
Heidelberg Cement, the German parent of building materials suppliers Hanson lost 63m euros in the first quarter of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008.
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