One in three new detached houses being built is now a self-build project, while volume house building slumps to its lowest levels, so building material manufacturers and suppliers are being urged to consider the self-build sector as a more effective target market.
Read More »Sports club rides high thanks to Lafarge
Newton Abbott based sports club Decoy BMX Race Club has been rebuilding its racetrack using Postcrete to secure the fence, donated by Lafarge Cement.
Read More »Worcester campaign to focus on saving money
Heating and hot water product suppliers Worcester, Bosch Group have launched a nationwide consumer campaign to help Britain save money.
Read More »Builders merchant conquers Kilimanjaro
An employee at Lincoln builders merchants Jackson Building Centres has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, five years after his first attempt at the climb.
Read More »JT Atkinson buy into timber merchant market
JT Atkinson & Sons, the northern independent builders merchants have bought Hathaway & Hoyle Timber Merchants in Stockton-on-Tees.
Read More »JT Dove build new merchant depot
Newcastle-based builders merchants JT Dove have opened a new merchant branch in Newburn, to the north of Newcastle.
Read More »Travis Perkins expect a more rapid decline in the market
Builders merchant group Travis Perkins are to begin cost cutting measures to reduce costs by £65m across their builders, plumbing and heating, joinery merchant and retailing operations. The builders merchants also intend to cut capital expenditure, and will probably not pay a final dividend to shareholders, an interim statement released today reveals.
Read More »Uckfield builders merchant celebrates revamp
Sussex builders merchants Parker Building Supplies held a trade day to celebrate the refurbishment of their Uckfield branch.
Read More »Parker Severn call in administrators
Family-run independent builders merchants Parker Severn in Derby have gone into administration.
Read More »Rugby plumbers merchant celebrates with customers
Staff from plumbers and heating merchant Plumbing Trade Supplies cracked open the champagne on September 29 to celebrate the branch's fifth birthday.
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