Andrew Stunell MP has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call for a reduction in VAT to 5% on building repair and improvement work to be introduced in Wednesday's Budget.
Read More »Build Center target spring landscapers
Build Center, the builders merchants arm of the Wolseley group, have launched a new campaign to boost sales of their landscaping products.
Read More »Travis Perkins to gain market share through downturn
Builders merchants group Travis Perkins believe that rationalisation in the builders merchant market could help them gain market share, says chairman Tim Stevenson in the Annual Report for the year ended December 31 2008, published today.
Read More »Rockwool welcome Tory green plan
Hans Schreuder, managing director of Rockwool UK has welcomed the Conservative Party's plans for a green technology recovery, published yesterday.
Read More »Shaws of Darwen saved by mbo
Ceramic sink specialists Shaws of Darwen have been bought by their management, just weeks after their parent company went into administration.
Read More »JCB open new plant
Building plant and equipment specialists JCB have opened a new £40m heavy products factory.
Read More »Builders merchants rescue allotment project
Jackson Building Centres' branch in Swinton, near Rotherham, has come to the rescue of a children's allotment site when it was ransacked by thieves.
Travis Perkins development scuppered by supermarket
Plans to build a new Travis Perkins branch in Bridport, Dorset, may have been sabotaged by a spat between two supermarket chains.
Read More »BSS go spare with Direct Heating
Plumbing and heating merchant group BSS Group plc have bought Direct Heating Spares from the Gough family shareholders for £5.7m.
Read More »Curzon join CO awareness alliance
Curzon, the spares sister company of Graham and Jewson, have joined the Carbon Monoxide Consumer Awareness Alliance (COCAA) in their own right.
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