Marley has further extended its complete renewable system with the launch of a new solar inverter and battery storage solutions. Now available alongside the company’s integrated solar PV full roof system, the addition of the ES G2 Hybrid Inverter combined with the new Lynx Home U Series Battery solutions, can be complemented …

UK and Ireland specialist paving and building products company, AG, has appointed James Jack as its first sales director specifically for GB. Jack has just been promoted from his previous position as head of sales for Scotland and, with over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry, has held previously …

Adaptavate, the pioneer in developing and industrialising low-carbon and carbon-nega6ve construction materials has commissioned the world’s first pilot line capable of producing Breathaboard in a continuous, integrated, and scalable process. Breathaboard is a revolutionary bio-based, carbon sequestering alternative to plasterboard. It is produced, specified and installed in the same way …

For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? I remember Budget days when I was growing up, adults glued to the radio announcement – no live TV coverage in the 70s – to find what was going up – usually …

Builders merchant buying group IBC held its biennial member and supplier awards and exhibition at the end of last month, with Mannok and Toolbank taking home the two supplier awards, and Pay;less DIY picking up the top member prize. Held at the Whittlebury Hall Hotel near Silverstone, venue for the …

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins posted a slight drop in revenue and a slump in operating profits for the year ending December 31 2023, a financial period described as “a challenging year in weak market conditions”. The unaudited full-year results, released this morning (March 5) show overall sales down 2.7% to £4.86bn, with operating profits …

Like most of those who study history, Napoleon III learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. Pop Quiz hot shots: What had an investment of £1bn, yet in the first eight months has only achieved less than 1% of its stated aim. Go on I bet you can’t. …

Landscaping supplier Marshalls has unveiled the first new product range to be produced by its innovative dual block plant. Modal X, an alternative to traditional granite paving, is produced through the company’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in St Ives, Cambridge. Modal X incorporates the Marshalls MaxiMix® Technology to lock in …

The 2024 BMJ Industry Awards has announced that its host for the gala lunch in September is Mark Durden-Smith a sport and lifestyle presenter, last seen wowing the audience at the BMF Conference in Istanbul last year. Durden-Smith’s versatility has seen him front everything from sports coverage to reality contests, …

Abandon Hope, All ye who enter here There’s a lot to write about that concerns the day job – the housing market, the push to net zero, the forthcoming Budget and General Election. But, in the face of global politics, that all seems a bit pointless. The line above, taken …