Brick and block maker Forterra chose International Women’s day 2024 to celebrate Charlotte Wood, plant manager at its Measham Brickworks in Leicestershire. Nottingham-born Wood has moved through diverse sectors such as food production, beverages, and healthcare, where she honed her skills in management, lean process improvement, and cultural change, before …

James Jones & Sons launched a series of short films in celebration of International Women’s Day this week. The films aim to showcase the number of careers and opportunities there are across the timber and forestry industry and to dispel the myth that the timber industry is just for men. …

The Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has launched a group-wide TradeSaver campaign. Running until the end of April, the first stage of the campaign offers discounts from 5% to 15% on a range of products. Designed especially for IBMG’s small and medium sized building and plumbing trade customers the TradeSaver …

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. …