Tag Archives: Sustainability

Travis Perkins has announced it is relocating from Soroba Road to a new branch at Glenshellach Business Park on October 23. The new Oban branch boasts a hard landscaping display and paint mixing service, customers will also have greater choice when it comes to trading; be it in branch or …

Codelocks has appointed Paul Campbell as its new technical, quality and sustainability manager, he has over 30 years’ experience in architectural ironmongery and brings a wealth of knowledge to the role. Codelocks has been in business for over 30 years and as sustainability has become more important for the company; …

Forest Garden has welcomed a host of dignitaries to its Worcestershire headquarters for its presentation of the first ever King’s Award for Enterprise – for Innovation. Forest chairman Guy Grainger and CEO Sam Smith were presented with the award, which is the highest and most prestigious given to UK businesses, …

Bristan Group, has released its first Environmental, Social and Governance report outlining the organisation’s ongoing commitments to a series of sustainability initiatives. It has announced plans to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint, maintain its status as a zero-to-landfill company, and decrease the level of water usage across the UK. In …

Dulux Decorator Centre has introduced its new sustainability commitments as part of its ongoing pledges towards having a positive impact on people and the planet – its aim is to triple the overall number of empty cans it recycle by the end of 2025. Its mission is to contribute to …

Jewson has launched its first ever Making Better Homes Awards, to recognise those in the industry who are working hard to create energy efficient, safe and comfortable homes. It comes as the builders’ merchant announces the finding of recent research that shows millions of people are suffering from physical and …

The Neoperl Group has developed a “Water & Energy Saving Calculator” to help us consumers understand their household usage and the savings that can be made. Its new calculator can be used to clarify the individual saving potential of each household and it can help people use less electricity, oil …

The Plumbing and Heating Merchant Index report indicates sales for July 2023 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +8.5% on July last year, prices increased +4.9%, as did volumes (+3.4%). It also showed that Month-on-month, value sales in July were -3.9% lower than June. Volume sales decreased by …

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -0.4% in July compared to the same month in 2022, with volume falling -7.9% and prices up +8.1% – the last three months, May to July, value sales were +8.5% higher than in February to April …

A report by the BMF to establish the current state of sustainability in the building materials sector has revealed a disparity between the BMF’s supplier and merchant members. It found that 78% of suppliers place sustainability in the top three priorities for their business, and are leveraging it as a …