Pegler Yorkshire and Grinnell (Tyco Fire & Building Products) have been announced as joint winners of BSS Industrial's 2008 Supplier of the Year Award.
Read More »Cowboys kept in line online
The stereotypical British cowboy builder may be a thing of the past if a new website has anything to do with it.
Read More »Wolseley for sale?
Shares in Wolseley have risen by more than 2% today amid speculation that an interested party may have approached the chain about a potential takeover.
Read More »Green website gets bronze
Greenworks, Jewson and Graham sister company, has scooped a Bronze award for a B2B business website at the Horizon Interactive Awards 2008.
Read More »BSS announce strong 2007 performance
BSS Group have announced their audited preliminary results for the 12 months to March 31 2008. And, say the group, they have seen 'strong growth in revenue, profit and cash flow driven by resilient RMI market and market share gains'.
Read More »Stanley support African project
UK tool brand Stanley have lent their support to a team of volunteers working on an ambitious building project in Tanzania, Africa.
Read More »Race for Golf Classic final begins
Fifteen teams competed at John O'Gaunt golf course in Bedfordshire earlier this week, in the first regional heat for the 2008 BMJ Golf Classic.
Read More »Travis Perkins buy stake in mybuilder.com
Travis Perkins have bought a small stake in builder recommendation site mybuilder.com as they continue their assault on the £5bn online supply market.
Read More »No age limit to apprenticeship scheme
Thanks to recent government reforms, apprenticeship training is no longer only available to the young. So now, says the BMF, merchant employees of any age can obtain appropriate qualifications from the federation.
Read More »Wolseley see UK performance suffer in April
Wolseley's interim financial statement for the group's third quarter and the nine months to April 30 shows UK performance slowed 'significantly'.
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