Tag Archives: Landscaping

TP to open new Derby branch

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Builders merchant Travis Perkins is opening a new branch in Northedge Business Park in Derby on Monday May 20. The new 1.76 acre branch will create 15 jobs and will include electric forklift trucks, a brand new hard landscaping display and extensive timber, bricks and blocks range. It will also …

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Gordan Strachan to be pitchside at NMBS Exhibition with ArtificialGrass.com

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ArtificialGrass.com will be hosting ex-Scotland international footballer Gordan Strachan at the NMBS Exhibition; he will be at Stand 51 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The company has invited attendees to come and take a look at its stand whilst also having the chance to pitch their footballing questions to …

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BMBI Q4 report: Value sales down 5.7% and volumes fall 12%

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Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales in Q4 2023 were -5.7% down compared to Q4 2022, with volume sales falling -12.0% and prices rising +7.1%. It also stated that with one more trading day in Q4 2023, like-for-like sales (which take the number of trading …

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Artificial Lawn Company partners with LRAG to recycle artificial grass

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Artificial Lawn Company has partnered with Nottingham based Let’s Recycle Artificial Grass (LRAG), a specialist in the regeneration of waste artificial grass; LRAG will collect and recycle all old and discarded grass that the company removes, as well as offcuts, roll ends and trimmings collected during installation. After collection, LRAG …

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Huws Gray’s holds fourth edition of its Landscaper of the Year competition

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Huws Gray recently held the fourth edition of their Landscaper of the Year award, which was generously sponsored by Pavestone and Globalstone; the event was a great success, with Huws Gray receiving an overwhelming response from landscapers across the country who submitted their projects in the hope of winning the …

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Marshalls research finds premium garden designs offer housebuilders extra revenue

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Research, commissioned by Marshalls, has found that 51% of people would be more likely to consider buying a new build home if it had a landscaped back garden – and it’s something many would be willing to pay more for. The research, which questioned 2,001 adults across the UK and …

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Covers expands with NYEs Building Supplies acquisition

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Independent family-run builders merchant Covers Timber and Builders Merchants has acquired West Sussex-based independent NYEs Building Supplies. NYEs is a building, landscaping, timber and plumbing merchant, which operates from sites in Kingsfold and Billingshurst, West Sussex. Covers operates from 15 locations across Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, with its mill …

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Slowdown costs Marshalls jobs and Scottish factory

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Building products manufacturer Marshalls saw group revenue fall by 13% for the first half of 2023, a trading update today (July 31) revealed. As a result, the company is cutting 250 jobs and closing its factory in Carluke, Lanarkshire. The job losses are in addition to the 150 redundancies announced …

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Buttle’s unveils outdoor living and landscaping display

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Buttle’s Timber and Builders’ Merchant has opened a dedicated outdoor living and landscaping display in Leighton Buzzard with the help of former World Heavyweight Champion of the World, Frank Bruno. Ian Church, managing director of Buttle’s, said: “Landscaping has become a big part of our business in recent years, and …

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Covid-19 impact could cost 400 Marshalls jobs

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Restructuring at paving and landscaping manufacturer Marshalls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic could see up to 400 people made redundant, a trading statement said today (May 13). Sales in the first four months through to 30 April were down 27% at £131 million (2019: £180 million). However, in …

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