Midlands-based independent builders merchant, Frank Key has strengthened its management team with two new full-time recruits. New Group head of marketing, Shafiq Sharif, and group head of human resources, Ruth Housley, bring with them a wealth of experience and have both settled into their roles at the Daybrook, Nottingham branch extremely well. Sharif has already […]

Builders merchants, distributors and building supplies manufacturers have been identified as some of London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ 2020. The report recognises the UK’s fastest growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), highlighting the regional and sector diversity of the UK’s SMEs and the entrepreneurial spirit shown by […]

Integrated water management, green asset and network systems solutions supplier Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation  has been awarded the ISO 45001 accreditation at its Loughborough and Horncastle sites, for high standards of occupational health and safety throughout the business. As part of the application process, the business developed and implemented a management system framework, which […]

Anderton Concrete has appointed Jeremy Parsons as its Structural Products Area Sales Manager for the South West. Parsons joined Anderton Concrete in November 2018, and will be looking after Structural Product sales across the region. In his role he will be working with structural engineers, contractors and builders’ merchants to increase awareness of its market […]

Ferguson — US-based parent company of UK plumbers merchant chain Wolseley UK — saw revenue fall 0.9% for the year to 31 July to $21.8bn (£17bn). Despite this, the plumbing giant is to resume paying a year-end dividend to shareholders. Profit before tax fell 4.8 per cent to $1.26bn (£980m) from $1.3bn (£1.01bn) in 2019. […]

Sustainable design and lifestyle ideas from one of the largest integrated design firms in California, · LPA Blog · Services · Provided Services · Architecture · Master Planning … Whether the building has an Energy Star or a green roof, it should also have a rooftop rainwater collection system to support the school's landscape irrigation […]

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand Rather like giving the house a mega-tidy and clearing out all your rubbish from the attic before getting the estate agent round, Travis Perkins has spent the last couple of years streamlining and sprucing up its plumbing and heating division, finally putting the For Sale sign […]