MDF mouldings manufacturers BLP Ltd have gone into administration.
Read More »Hanson mothball quarries
Building materials producers Hanson UK are mothballing production at two of their quarries in Gloucestershire.
Read More »Lafarge Cement close other half of Westbury
Just five months after halving production at the Westbury plant in Wiltshire, Lafarge Cement have announced they are to mothball the entire factory.
Read More »Exclusive: Building Supplies R Us bought by independent merchant
North West based independent builders merchants W J Lewis have acquired the assets of Building Supplies R Us Ltd, the failed internet building supply business.
Read More »Saint Gobain’s Greenworks launch sustainable guide
Greenworks, the sustainable solutions sister company of builders merchants Jewson and plumbers merchants Graham, have launched a new guide to sustainable products.
Read More »Wolseley shares fall on bank warning
Shares in builders and plumbers merchant chain Wolseley tumbled to a low point of 156.3p yesterday before closing at 161.3p.
Read More »Hunter Plastics move manufacturing to Kent
The manufacturing facilities of Hunter Plastics, Durapipe UK and Marley Plumbing and Drainage are to be consolidated on the latter's site at Lenham in Kent. All other Hunter operations remain in Woolwich.
Read More »Get Britain Building campaign launches February 10
Building materials suppliers, manufacturers, builders and builders merchants are among those behind the launch of the Get Britain Building Campaign at 11am at the House of Commons on Tuesday February 10 2009.
Read More »Thieves hit Bradford’s Ross depot
Bradford Building Supplies in Ross-on-Wye were burgled last week when two men stole power tools worth several hundred pounds.
Read More »BSS Industrial open dedicated radiator facility
BSS Industrial, part of plumbers merchant group BSS, have opened up a radiator-only warehouse in the Midlands.
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