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 »CPA calls for government spend on efficient housing
The building of energy efficient homes will be vital in delivering the government's climate change initiatives and the Construction Products Association want to see more investment to make it happen.
Read More »BMF welcome training report
The Builders Merchants Federation has welcomed a report by Cranfield School of Management which finds that investment in training is more effective than shopping around for talent and saves employers money.
Read More »Building output to fall for two years as lightside slows
The worsening economic position of construction manufacturers and contractors is expected to persist throughout 2009 and into 2010, according to the Construction Products Association.
Read More »Councils get £100m to boost housing market
The Government has today given councils access to over £100m to help maintain building family and first-time buyer homes, housing minister Margaret Beckett has announced.
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.
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