Brick manufacturers Wienerberger have taken delivery of a new fleet of eco-friendly vehicles to deliver their bricks to builders merchant and other customers around the UK.
Read More »Akzo Nobel abdicate Crown
Crown Paints, the Darwen-based paint manufacturers, have been bought by their management for 70m.
Read More »Insurer warns industry on credit insurance costs
Builders merchants, building companies, developers and manufacturers in the construction sector could be refused credit insurance if the number of insolvencies rises to predicted levels.
Read More »BSS Industrial and Buck & Hickman open joint merchant branch
Industrial and commercial plumbing and heating merchants BSS Industrial have opened their first branch in partnership with sister company Buck & Hickman.
Read More »Manager stole £36,000 from roofing merchant
A former manager with roofing supplies merchant Proos Roofing Supplies has admitted stealing £36,000 from his employer.
Read More »Wolseley restructure heavyside divisions
Builders merchant group Wolseley UK have reformed their heavyside merchanting arm, following a similar restructuring of their lightside plumbers merchant businesses.
Read More »Hanson close Measham brickworks two years early
Hanson Building Products are shutting their Measham brickworks in Warwickshire this month because the slump in brick sales makes it impossible to keep it open any longer.
Read More »Eurocell open 89th branch
Eurocell Building Plastics, the specialist manufacturer and merchant of plastic building materials, have opened their 89th branch, in Chelmsford, Essex.
Read More »Exclusive: Southern Brick expect offer in next few days
Southern Brick, the Abingdon-based brick factors and builders merchants currently in administration, are expected to be sold as a going concern, with an announcement likely in the next few days, buildersmerchantsjournal.net has been told.
Read More »Southern Brick in administration
Southern Brick, the brick factors and builders merchants, have gone into administration.
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