Irish building products supplier Quinn Building Products walked away with three awards and a second place trophy at the end of the National Buying Group’s 2019 Conference and Supplier of the Year Awards. The buying group, now in its 16th year, made the presentations to suppliers across its portfolio of categories at a glittering awards […]

A report published this month into how the timber frame industry can play a major role in helping solve the housing crisis has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Timber Industries says the government must commit to long-term investment into the industry to give individual timber frame companies and […]

BMI UK & Ireland has enhanced its portfolio of market-leading pitched and flat roofing technology solutions with new Green and Blue ‘Active Roof Systems’. Active Roof Systems is how BMI UK & Ireland describes roof coverings that perform a greater function beyond shelter and protection. While weather-tightness is the primary purpose of a roof, with […]

A £60 million ‘new concept’ motorway services area being developed on the M1 near Leeds will be safeguarded by Visqueen gas protection systems when it opens in January. Some 4,000 square metres of Visqueen Gas Barrier have been installed, providing protection for the main food court-style facilities building and a 100-bed hotel that connects to […]

Marley Alutec, the UK leader in innovative aluminium rainwater and eaves solutionsis reducing delivery times from five working days to two working days for the company’s most popular product ranges. Effective immediately, the lead times for selected products in Marley Alutec’s Evolve, Traditional, Aligator, Tudor and Elite ranges have been reduced to two working days, […]

Specialist private investment firm Cairngorm Capital has added independent builders merchant Grant & Stone to its portfolio. Established in 1987, Grant & Stone has three specialist building, plumbing and electrical divisions,  giving it 29 branches across the Thames Valley, consisting of builders’ merchants, electrical wholesalers, plumbers’ merchants, timber merchants, as well as eight kitchen and […]

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place, The flood may bear me far There are times when I hate living in a hilly town. Usually when I’m trekking back from the station, in the cold and the dark and there just doesn’t seem to be enough puff left in me to get […]