Building materials suppliers Hanson Aggregates have received a formal warning from the Environment Agency following dust problems from their site in Cheddar.
Read More »Unimer add 46 new members
Unimer have added 46 new builders merchant members in the last year, building material suppliers attending the annual lunch were told.
Read More »Alliance to fight for UK building jobs
The Modern Masonry Alliance believe that UK jobs in the building industry can be saved if builders switch from timber frame to masonry construction.
Read More »Builders merchant opens new branch and gets new look
Grant and Stone, the builders and plumbers merchants have opened a new plumbers merchants branch in Oxford and have launched a new corporate identity to go with it.
Read More »Marshalls sales drop 10% in three months
Sales at building materials suppliers Marshalls have fallen by 10% in the last quarter, with demand falling fastest in the housing sector.
Read More »Jewson parent fined for price-fixing
Saint-Gobain, the French parent company of builders merchants chain Jewson, has been fined €896m (£738m) for acting in a cartel to illegally fix the price of glass used in cars.
Read More »Frank Key buy Parker Severn Builders Merchants
Frank Key, the north Nottingham's independent builders merchant, have bought Parker Severn Builders Merchants out of administration.
Read More »Builders merchants feel credit crunch bite
Building material sales through builders merchants are 9.6% lower for the third quarter of 2008 than the same period in 2007.
Read More »Cement companies under cartel investigation
The European Commission is to investigate cement companies after suspicions arose that they may have operated an illegal cartel.
Read More »Cemco add two new merchants
Cemco, the independent merchant buying group, has added two more builders merchants to the group.
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