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Building materials distributor SIG posted a pre-tax loss of £21.6m in the six months to June 30 2026, a better result than the same time last year’s £33.1m losses. Turnover this time dipped to £1.29bn from £1.3bn. The company is pushing ahead with its efficiency drive to save £100m by …

SIG roofing has sponsored the Local Roofing Hero Award, one of the categories at the NFRC National Awards. The category celebrates outstanding workmanship, safety and contributions within the UK roofing industry. Nominees must be roofing contractors and members of at least one recognised trade organisation (including NFRC and others listed …

SIG Roofing branches across the UK have began sun cream giveaways to help tradespeople during the current heatwave and high UV levels. The business has been supporting the national skin cancer prevention charity SKCIN for over two years, training staff and customers, and initiating campaigns to raise awareness, particularly among …

Gavin Slark is to join builders merchant group Travis Perkins from the beginning of next year. He is currently CEO of  SIG, a role he moved to from Grafton Group, where he spent 11 years. Between 2006 and 2011, Slark was chief executive of plumbers’ merchant BSS Group before its …

A national construction charity is marking this year’s World Mental Health Day by renewing its efforts to signpost tradespeople and construction workers to places where they can get support for their mental health. This is made all the more important in the wake of the devastating collapse of major construction …

  A first-half pre-tax loss of £11.3m on turnover of £1.32bn has been posted by insulation and building materials distribution giant SIG for the six months to June 30 2024. The same period last year reported a pre-tax profit of £12.2m and turnover of £1.4bn. The downturn in fortunes has …

Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club (ASC), located in North Yorkshire, has received a £3000 donation from SIG Roofing to support its fully inclusive performance swimming development provision. Richmond Dales ASC  has 155 members, many of whom perform at national and regional level, and over the years, has developed a Para …

SIG has issued a profit warning to the City, as weaker trading in May and June pushed back the timing of an anticipated market recovery. The group stated that “subdued demand has continued to be a factor in the majority of the Group’s markets” and expects its underlying operating profit …

The outgoing CEO of Grafton Group, Gavin Slark, is to take over as CEO of building distribution giant SIG from February 1 2023. Slark, who is announced his departure from Grafton in July, is stepping down at the end of this year after 11 years in the post. Steve Francis, …

The new national construction products regulator is an opportunity to reset the bar on product compliance and strengthen the message that products must be fit for purpose’. That’s according to SIG’s Commercial Director Andy Williamson, who has welcomed the formation of the national construction products regulator, which will operate within …