A secretary at plumbers merchant chain Plumb Center was awarded £9,000 in damages after she was subjected to systematic and continuous' sexist abuse for being the only female employee at the branch.
Read More »Tarmac owner slashes 19,000 jobs worldwide
Anglo American, parent company of Tarmac, will try to save $2bn by cutting 19,000 jobs and scrapping a dividend.
Read More »New group calls for £6.3bn housing investment
The Government has been urged to kick-start the economy by investing £6.3bn into a scheme aimed at building more than 100,000 affordable homes over the next two years.
Read More »Everbuild buy Feb brand
Leeds based building chemicals people Everbuild Building Products have acquired the FEB and AQUASEAL brand names from BASF Construction Chemicals.
Read More »Merchants see ‘massive fall in sales’ says BMF
The Builders Merchants Federation has reported merchants are being hit "extremely hard" by recession according to their latest figures.
Read More »Travis Perkins underperforms but Tile Giant sales up
Travis Perkins group operating profits fell 15.1% to £271.5m from last year's £319.9m despite cuts to staff numbers and reducing expansion targets.
Read More »BSS trade ‘remains resilient’
Plumbing and heating merchant group BSS Group has seen revenue holding up well for the first 18 weeks of the second half of the financial year, according to an interim management statement.
Read More »Jewson partner up with NFU farmers
Builders merchant chain Jewson has set up a partnership with the National Farmers Union which offers savings on building materials and timber to their members.
Read More »Pegler Yorkshire invest £12m
Plumbing, heating and bathroom fittings people Pegler Yorkshire are to invest £12m in their Doncaster factory, bringing in new machinery to improve efficiency and capacity.
Read More »B&Q to sell loft insulation for £1
DIY chain B&Q will sell a million rolls of loft insulation at just £1 a roll, cheaper than most builders merchants could buy it.
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