News

Builders’ merchants and their customers have been warned to be on the look-out for sub-standard plywood....

Insurance giant Legal & General has declared further ambitions in the house-building sector by setting up a specialist affordable housing division....

Despite heavy snow hitting sales in February and March, builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins has reported first quarter like-for-like sales growth of 3%....

Demolition veteran Dave Cobern has joined Gtek Demolition as operations director....

Mechanical and electrical contractor Proline has been awarded the design development and fit out contract for all building services the £33m ‘X1 The Gateway’ scheme in Salford Quays, under construction...

Regional contractor Stepnell has opened a new office in Chandler’s Ford, near Southampton, to extend the reach of its south coast construction operations....

The competition watchdog has raised concerns about a proposed asset swap planned by Tarmac and Breedon....

At the annual general meeting of house-builder Persimmon yesterday there was only the narrowest approval for the company’s revised executive pay structure as shareholders made their disquiet known....

French engineering group Egis has taken over the operations and maintenance contract for the M40 motorway that was previously undertaken by Carillon....

The number of UK construction companies in significant financial distress has risen by a quarter in the past year and doubled in the past 18 months....