A management buyout has been completed at the profiles and doors business of BLP, the suppliers of wrapped MDF mouldings, cabinet doors, membrane pressed cabinet doors, veeners and flexible panels.
Read More »Wolseley rights issue confirmed as operating profits plummet
Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley plc are to raise £1bn via a long-rumoured rights issue.
Read More »Get Britain Building campaign goes to consumer
The organisers of the Get Britain Building Campaign are launching the campaign to consumers at the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC later this month.
Read More »UK interest rates cut to ‘almost nothing’
The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the sixth time in five months to 0.5%.
Read More »Hanson to close three more brick factories
Brick factories in Surrey, Berkshire and Kent are closing as building materials supplier Hanson struggles with the lack of house-building.
Read More »Wolseley look to raise £1bn
Builders merchant group Wolseley could launch a billion-pound rights issue within the next week, according to City rumours.
Read More »John Dandy dies aged 69
We regret to announce that John Dandy the former chairman of Luton builders merchants Gibbs and Dandy, died in hospital on on March 2, after an operation whilst on holiday in the USA.
Read More »Castle Cement rebrands as Hanson Cement
Hanson is bringing together its Castle Cement and Civil and Marine businesses to form the UK's largest producer of cement-related products under the new brand of Hanson Cement.
Read More »Grafton profits plummet but UK slips just 1%
Pre-tax profits at Irish builders merchant group Grafton fell 72% in the twelve months to December 31 2008, but UK turnover held up, sliding just 1% to £1.34bn.
Read More »Lafarge Westbury closure set for April
Only four jobs will remain at the Lafarge Cement Westbury plant when it ceases production in April.
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