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The Bridge (East Midlands) is the latest winner in Selco Builders Warehouse’s Community Heroes campaign, scooping £500 worth of building materials. The charity, which delivers specialist housing related advice, support and assistance services to vulnerable people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, will spend the cash on soundproofing rooms to make …

James Hardie has launched its Hardie® Plank challenge to raise awareness around its Hardie® VL Plank range, which offers quality, versatility and 20% faster installation times than alternative cladding products. The Hardie® Plank challenge is a roadshow event taking place in 25 locations across the UK in collaboration with a …

STARK Building Materials United Kingdom has appointed a Head of Sustainability, Sabrina Passley, as the business continues to implement its sustainability strategy and equip employees and tradespeople with the skills to move towards a more sustainable future. Passley brings more than 16 years’ experience working in the industry, with previous …

Builders and timber merchant Hitchcock & King which trades from six branches across south and south west London has appointed Steve Absolom and Nick Holloway from Interpath Advisory as Joint Administrators of Hitchcock & King Enterprises Limited on 31 July 2024. The company, with branches in Ashford, Burgh Heath, Fulham, …

The Government has launched a taskforce to identify possible sites for a new generation of new towns. The programme aims to create large scale communities of at least 10,000 new homes each, with something being “significantly larger”. Regeneration expert Sir Michael Lyons will spearhead the “New Towns Taskforce” as its …

Officials from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and Midlands Net Zero Hub (MNZH) visited the Worcester Bosch HQ to assess how the Heat Training Grant has been utilised. The £5 million Heat Training Grant provides heating engineers with £500 discounts towards becoming a fully qualified heat …

  Forterra has recently launched a load selector calculator to allow customers to tailor their brick orders to the precise mix of products they require. With the ability to choose the exact number of bricks they need from Forterra’s entire range of London Bricks, plus Ecostock’s Atherstone Red and Hampton …

The Bosch Group has laid the foundations to acquire 100% of the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture, including Hitachi’s 40% stake; the deal is $8 billion (£6.2 billion) and it expects it to be closed in approximately 12 months. The Bosch shareholders and supervisory board have approved the transaction. …

Waterline has unveiled its new and exciting partnership with Hendel & Hendel, known for its exquisite furniture hardware. Its collaboration, along with Waterline’s existing range of Crown Imperial handles, expands the options available to customers designing their next kitchen. To mark the launch, Waterline customers purchasing Hendel & Hendel hardware …

Marshalls has announced it is improving the sustainability credentials of its concrete pipe range by removing the steel reinforcement from one of its key products. This will achieve a minimum carbon saving of 6.1%, compared to its predecessor. The company manufactures a range of unreinforced and reinforced concrete pipes, and …