Builders merchant group Wolseley UK have reformed their heavyside merchanting arm, following a similar restructuring of their lightside plumbers merchant businesses.
Read More »Hanson close Measham brickworks two years early
Hanson Building Products are shutting their Measham brickworks in Warwickshire this month because the slump in brick sales makes it impossible to keep it open any longer.
Read More »Eurocell open 89th branch
Eurocell Building Plastics, the specialist manufacturer and merchant of plastic building materials, have opened their 89th branch, in Chelmsford, Essex.
Read More »Exclusive: Southern Brick expect offer in next few days
Southern Brick, the Abingdon-based brick factors and builders merchants currently in administration, are expected to be sold as a going concern, with an announcement likely in the next few days, buildersmerchantsjournal.net has been told.
Read More »Southern Brick in administration
Southern Brick, the brick factors and builders merchants, have gone into administration.
Read More »CPA finds heavyside suffering from construction slowdown
The Construction Products Association's State of Trade Survey for predicts that GDP growth will halve in 2008, with sales of heavyside building materials slowing up at a faster rate than those of lightside building materials.
Read More »Government makes sustainable timber mandatory
Anyone hoping to sell timber or timber products to government bodies or their contractors from April 1 next year will need to prove that it is from a legal and sustainable source.
Read More »Specflue create new chimney system
The new ceramic lined chimney system from Specflue is suitable for appliance burning a range of fuels from wood pellets and solid fuels to biofuels.
Read More »Vicaima open up to new options
Vicaima have enhanced their popular Classic range of panel doors by the addition of a flat plant-on-panel effect as well as the traditional raised and fielded panel design to give a wider choice of interior door finish.
Read More »Marshalls to boost pull through sales for merchants
Hard landscaping suppliers Marshalls are increasing marketing support for their approved landscaping contractors to boost business for installers and, therefore, sales through builders merchants.
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