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.
Read More »Wavin to cut 200 jobs
Plastic pipe people Wavin have announced today that they will further streamline the organisation - predominantly in the UK.
Read More »NBG swell merchant numbers by five
Builders merchant buying group the National Buying Group have added six new members across their northern and central regions.
Read More »Brick companies close more plants
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.
Read More »Hanson UK to make more cement and brick redundancies
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.
Read More »Wolseley profits slump 77%
Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley saw pre-tax profits slide 77% thanks to the UK and US housing slowdowns.
Read More »Builders merchant golfers fight it out in French final
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.
Read More »Knauf Insulation win TP golf tournament
Following a heated contest, the team from Knauf Insulation won the Travis Perkins Senior Masters Pro-Am golf tournament at Woburn.
Read More »Selco take building materials back to school
A playgroup will be able to turn up the heat this winter after Birmingham builders’ merchant Selco donated £2,000 worth of materials for a new heating system.
Read More »Radiator system finds orders despite Dragons’ rejection
Martin Wadsworth, managing director of DiscreteHeat, dared to risk the wrath of the 'Dragons' when he entered their den seeking investment to speed up export growth of his skirting board radiator system ThermaSkirt.
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