Building materials group Saint Gobain is to lose 4,000 jobs this year across its businesses in the US, the UK and Spain.
Read More »HPS open 20th branch
HPS, the plumbers merchants, have opened their 20th branch since they started business in 2001.
Read More »Wickes warehouse destroyed by fire
A fire has destroyed a DIY store belonging to Wickes, the DIY business of builders merchants Travis Perkins.
Read More »Builders merchant makes way for ring road
Byrom Supplies in Chapel Street, Blackburn, have closed and their site has been sold to the local council
Read More »JT Dove go for premier landscapes
North eastern independent builders merchants JT Dove have opened a Bradstone Premier Paving Centre at their flagship branch in Birtley, County Durham.
Read More »Share price seesaw prompts Wolseley reshuffle
Builders merchants Wolseley UK have a new managing director as part of a move across the group to cut costs and reduce duplicated roles.
Read More »Unimer deliver record results again
Builders merchants invoice clearing house Unimer have announced their final results for the year to April 30 2008. The total value of transactions was £855m.
Read More »Wienerberger sponsor battle of the brickies
Brick manufacturers Wienerberger have donated more than 55,000 bricks to bricklaying competitons across the country this year and are sponsoring the Guild of Bricklayers National Final.
Read More »JCB cut 650 jobs
Nearly 650 jobs are to go as part of a redundancy programme at JCB, the digger company, as a result of the housebuilding slump.
Read More »Government acts to stem housing crisis
A series of further measures and reforms designed to help alleviate the current challenges in the housing market and to support the vital delivery of more homes over the long-term, were announced yesterday by Housing Minister Caroline Flint.
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