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Stimulating the house building market and getting Britain building is vital to keeping the construction industry moving beyond the completion of current projects, according to Andrew Huxley, managing director of leading concrete manufacturer, Besblock. Huxley said he was concerned by new research from property agency Savills and housing charity Shelter, …

Timber and builders merchants Howarth Timber & Building Supplies has helped semi-professional football team, Selby Town FC, with a donation of materials to help it build a brand-new clubhouse. The York branch supplied the materials – which included piping and pipe insulation, valves and concentrated inhibitor – and the company …

Distributor Ideal Bathrooms has announced the launch of its Triple Up promotion. The 2020 Rewards programme, which was unveiled at the beginning of the year, presents customers with the chance to win a variety of prizes every time they spend £2,020 with Ideal Bathrooms. For every £2,020 customers spend with …

Timber supplier SCA Timber has spent the last year focusing on Quality Assurance and bringing in more exacting and precise standards. These include raw material supply, product specifications, production quality control, together with legal compliance and regulation across the whole business. The moves have driven significant improvements in processes and …

Builders Merchants sales during April  were down -76.3% compared with April 2019, according to the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index, showing the dramatic initial effect of the Government’s Covid-19 Lockdown measures on sales through UK builders’ merchants. Tools took the biggest hit (-90.0%), with Kitchens & Bathrooms (-86.8%) close behind. …

South Wales independent builders’ merchant LBS Builders Merchants opened its 26th branch yesterday (June 15). The branch, on the Ty Verlon Trading Estate in Barry, is the family-run company’s furthest east branch in Wales. The fully-refurbished site, off Cardiff Road, will consist of a builders’ merchant, a Total Plumbing outlet …

A cross-industry collaboration to support the sector’s road to recovery is keeping an eye on issues such as the current plaster shortage. The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and the Construction Products Association (CPA) are working to pinpoint and address the key issues as more builders return to site. As the joint leaders …

Brick manufacterers Ibstock and Forterra are to lose 600 jobs as a result of lower forecast demand following the Covid-19 pandemic. With despatches around half what they were this time last year both businesses said selective sites may close and the size and structure of support functions will change. Forterra …

The SILGRANIT® range of sinks from BLANCO has a granite surface that means it can be kept clean without hours of scrubbing with harmful cleaning products. With SILGRANIT®, often just running the tap will be enough to clean the sink. For anything more stubborn and marks that have already dried, …

A number of fundamental changes will be required to ensure that building sites can remain open and safe for their workers in the Covid-19 era, says Brendan Sharkey, head of construction and real estate at accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson. Following the prime minister’s active encouragement for construction workers to …