Builders merchant chain Travis Perkins is moving forward with plans to offload its Wickes retail division. Simon King has been replaced as chief executive of the division by former Tesco executive David Wood and the group is said to be in the process of separating Wickes’ IT systems from the rest, according to the Sunday […]

The Builder Merchants Federation is taking delegates to the cities of York and Harrogate for its Annual All Industry Conference in 2021. The dates are June 17-20th 2021. In the year that the UK begins a new relationship with the European Union, the Conference theme Building Beyond Boundaries could not be more topical, as the country looks […]

Brymec – the building services company for the era of smart construction – has moved into a state-of-the-art new site near Gatwick Airport. Brymec’s purpose-built North Gatwick Gateway site has 40 percent more capacity than their current warehousing. Relocating to the new site allows the company to improve its stockholding capacity ensuring that key products […]

Low surface temperature radiators are increasingly being specified for buildings used by vulnerable people – in the main, either the young or the elderly – where safe heat is required. The leading supplier of LST radiators in the UK is Stelrad and the company has recently released two new additions to its already extensive range […]

Polypipe has won a Green Apple Environment Award in the annual international campaign by the Green Organisation to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice. In the awards, Polypipe was recognised as a Green Champion for Environmental Best Practice. The award is for a group research project into ‘smart roofs’ and utilizing the installation of […]

Most people sell their souls, And live with a good conscience on the proceeds Almost 11 years to the day since Travis Perkins’ then CEO Geoff Cooper surprised the markets with a bid, subsequently successful, for the BSS Group, his successor bar one, Nick Roberts, has overseen the long-touted divestment of the Travis Perkins  Plumbing […]

The prefabricated public module includes a kitchen counter and appliances, bathroom and laundry room, and a mechanical room with integrated electrical and plumbing systems. Exterior redwood siding and interior Douglas …