News

Sunderland builders merchants, Thompsons Building Centres have donated £10,000 to the St Benedict's Hospice at Home appeal.

Boiler maker calls for radical shake-up of home heating industry and action from Government to bring about sustainable energy revolution.

BASF Construction Chemicals (UK) are proposing to withdraw from the sale of general building products in the UK and Ireland, and to cease their manufacture at the Swinton site in Manchester.

Plastic pipe people Wavin have announced today that they will further streamline the organisation - predominantly in the UK.

Building materials suppliers Hanson UK are proposing to close a kiln at their Castle Cement works in Ketton, mothball the Accrington brick factory and close their Swillington plant. The company has entered a period of consultation with all those workers affected.

Builders merchant buying group the National Buying Group have added six new members across their northern and central regions.

Brick production in the UK is set to drop to its lowest levels since the 1940s, with Ibstock and Wienerberger the latest companies to announce that they are closing plants and axing jobs.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley saw pre-tax profits slide 77% thanks to the UK and US housing slowdowns.

Builders Merchants Journal Golf Classic Final 2008: Not even a fire in the Channel Tunnel could keep the keenest of keen merchanting golfers away from their hard-won prize - a two-night trip to the five-star Hotel Westminster in Le Touquet and the chance to play a round on the La Mer course.

Joinery merchants Howdens Joinery have settled a long-running dispute with the owners of their former sister company, MFI.