TAPS, the plumbers merchant arm of builders merchants Thompson Building Supplies opened a new branch yesterday.
Read More »Interest rate cut ‘unlikely to make much difference’
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has welcomed the Bank of England decision to cut interest rates but said it was unlikely to make much difference to lending levels.
Read More »Hanson and Castle owner commits suicide
Adolf Merkle, the owner of Heidelberg Cement - parent company of Hanson and Castle Cement - died last Monday evening after apparently throwing himself under a train.
Read More »Grafton issue profit warning
Builders merchant group Grafton Group plc have warned that their 2008 earnings and profits will be towards the 'lower end of market expectations'.
Read More »NMBS achieve IiP status
Independent builders merchant buying group the National Merchant Buying Society have achieved the Investors in People standard, following a review by assessors EMQC.
Read More »Burdens honoured by CBI
Jeremy Burden, chief executive of civil engineering merchants Burdens, has been presented with the CBI North West Best Emerging Company Award.
Read More »NMBS md says independent merchants will rise to challenge
Independent builders merchants are better placed than their larger competitors to exploit new opportunities says Chris Hayward, managing director of National Merchant Buying Group.
Read More »Shropshire builders merchant closes
A family-run independent builders merchant, A Bertram Edwards in Shrewsbury, is closing after nearly 90 years in business.
Read More »Pendle Doors buy Palgrave Brown door division
Lancashire door people Pendle Doors Group have bought the doors division of Palgrave Brown, saving 23 jobs at the firm's Castleford site.
Read More »BMJ gets new Editor
Colin Petty, publisher of Builders Merchants Journal for the past five years, is taking on additional responsibility. From January 2 he will also be the magazine’s editor.
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