Geoff Cooper, chief executive of builders merchant group Travis Perkins, has said the group is interested in buying some of the assets of rival builders merchant Wolseley.
Read More »Huws Gray buys Ainscough
Independent builders merchant Huws Gray has bought Ainscough Building Supplies in Wigan.
Read More »Kitchen furniture maker heads for liquidation
William Ball, the kitchen and bedroom furniture manufacturer has ceased trading.
Read More »Part L review “must not be brought forward”
The Modern Masonry Alliance has hit out at Government plans to bring the planned 2013 review of Part L of the Building Regulations forward a year.
Read More »Cemex UK gains Carbon Trust Standard
Cement and building materials supplier Cemex UK, building materials supplier, has achieved the prestigious Carbon Trust Standard across all its operations in Great Britain.
Read More »Construction decline expected to continue
The construction industry is likely to decline further in the second half of 2010, according to the the latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Products Association.
Read More »Wolseley man named as eco-pioneer
Wolseley UK's head of sustainability, Tim Pollard has been named as an Eco-Pioneer by Sustainability West Midlands.
Read More »Cemex donates quarry remains to museum
Cement and building materials supplier Cemex has donated a number of artefacts found in their quarries in Berkshire to Reading museum.
Read More »Marley Eternit promotes Safe in the Sun roofer campaign
Roofer and builders are not protecting themselves against the harmful effects of the sun new research from Marley Eternit reveals.
Read More »Impulse rides 1,000 miles
Keen motorcyclists from Impulse Bathrooms have ridden 1,000 miles in 24 hours in aid of the Royal British Legion.
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