Cutting planning red tape to deliver low carbon homes is welcome news but it needs to be part of an overall package to help householders retrofit their homes, warns the Federation of Master Builders.
Read More »Cementone add 20% to Flexacryl
Flexacryl Instant Roof Repair from Cementone, now comes with 20% extra free for a limited period of time.
Read More »BSW Timber buys sixth UK operation
The purchase of Howie Forest Products by BSW Timber will boost the latter's annual sawn timber capacity to more than one million cubic metres.
Read More »Wolseley profits drop 45pc in three months
Plumbers and builders merchant chain Wolseley today announced that revenue and pre-tax profits have continued to fall, by 13% and 45% respectively.
Read More »MKM staff mourn colleague killed after night out
Staff at builders merchants MKM Building Supplies in Hull are mourning the sudden death of their colleague Stephen Foster, who died on Saturday.
Read More »Government 2020 housing targets ‘unlikely to be met’
New research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shows the government is likely to be woefully shy of its own target of three million new homes by 2020.
Read More »Recession ‘no excuse’ for lower sustainability standards
Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has said that housebuilders and the supply chain needs to continue to focus on sustainability and that a recession is "no excuse" for housebuilders to lower their sustainability standards.
Read More »Construction insolvency rates fall
Fewer construction companies went broke in the latest quarter of this year than did in the second and the first quarters, according to figures from accountancy firm Grant Thornton.
Read More »Snickers raises cash for children
Snickers Workwear raised £2700 for two children's charities during their stint at construction industry exhibition Interbuild last month
Read More »Wienerberger opens training centre with builders merchant
Brick manufacturer Wienerberger and builders merchant EH Smith have launched a dedicated training centre for the former's Porotherm engineered clay block system.
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