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Travis Perkins chief executive Nick Roberts is stepping down after five years in the role. Roberts has said he will remain in the role until a successor is found. “Travis Perkins is a great company with a talented team and I have been privileged to serve as CEO for the …

Travis Perkins has given away a brand-new Ford Transit Custom van as a part its launch of its Perk Builder platform, a loyalty programme enables its customers to exchange their products for products in an online shop and enters them into a prize draw. The winner, a professional paving contractor …

Haldane Fisher has been fined £380,000 after one of its staff members fell and suffered a brain injury while working at its Walsall site; pleading guilty to breaching Sections 2 (1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The incident occurred when Timothy Bates was …

Leyland SDM is celebrating its female workforce this International Women’s Day and sharing some of their stories. Catalina Ciolan, 28, admits she felt some anxiety when she started as a picker in a traditionally male-dominated warehouse role at Leyland’s Wembley distribution centre a year-and-a-half ago. She said: “Being one of …

The Builder’s Merchant Federation’s (BMF) CEO, John Newcomb, has expressed his disappointment with the chancellor’s Spring budget. He explained that the budget is a “missed opportunity to get Britain building again”, and is designed to buy short term electronical support as opposed to promoting the long-term economic success of the …

Building and construction manufacturers have rebounded from the supply chain challenges of 2022, with a jump in profitability – according to the latest Manufacturers’ Health Index. The report stated that manufacturers generated £2.51 for every pound invested in inventory, up from £1.80 in the previous quarter. Like most of the …

Places for London (Transport for London’s wholly owned commercial property company) has announced that it has teamed up with Construction Youth Trust on its educational engagement programme. Over the course of the next three years, Places for London and Construction Youth Trust aims to reach 6,750 young Londoners through a …

The UK has entered a recession with gross domestic production (GDP) shrinking by 0.3% in the final three months of 2023, which followed a 0.1% contraction in the July-September period – according to the Office for National Statistics. The news comes at bad time for builders’ merchants as construction output …

The government has announced that every council in England will be told that they will need to prioritise brownfield developments and instructed to be less bureaucratic and more flexible in applying policies that halt housebuilding on brownfield land. The bar for refusing brownfield plans will also be made much higher …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has called on the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to invest in property repair, maintenance and improvement to create purposeful jobs in every region and boost much-needed local growth across the country. The government has previously announced increased spending on energy efficiency for homes, businesses, and public …