The June 2008 Leading Edge forecast predicts that the credit crunch, combined with cost inflation is going to drag the construction industry's 2008 output down 6% in real terms.
Read More »Robert Price wins site appeal
Robert Price, the Welsh independent builders merchants have won permission to move their branch in Newport to the site of their choice.
Read More »Lafarge create excellent cement centre
Lafarge Cement UK have invested £3.5m in transforming their Cauldon Works in the Staffordshire into a 'centre of excellence' for innovative packed products.
Read More »Worcester’s Soper wins energy award
Richard Soper, managing director of Worcester Bosch, the heating product specialists, has been presented with the 'Champions Award' at the British Renewable Energy Association (REA) Awards.
Read More »Government pledges money for housing as housebuilders’ bloodbath continues
Another £270m of government money is to be invested in affordable housing, as two major housebuilders announce the loss of 1900 jobs.
Read More »Buildbase build eco-room in Oxford
An eco-room that brings together all the newest ideas to build a greener lifestyle has been launched by Buildbase, the UK mixed builders merchant arm of the Irish Grafton Group.
Read More »Lafarge Cement UK fined £200,000 for ear loss
Cement manufacturers Lafarge Cement UK have been fined £200,000 following an accident in which a quarry worker lost an ear.
Read More »Building material producers feel the pinch
The housebuilders' pain is being refelected by the building material suppliers whose drop off in sales mirrors that of the housebuilding industry.
Read More »Builders merchant shares fall again
Wolseley shares took another tumble today, taking Travis Perkins' and Marshalls' share prices with them.
Read More »Saint Gobain Pipelines support WaterAid
Saint Gobain Pipelines helped to raise £10,000 for WaterAid by sponsoring the National Enterprise five-a-side football tournament in aid of the charity.
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