Builders Merchants JournalMKM moves into new premisesBuilders Merchants JournalIndependent builders merchant MKM Building Supplies has moved into its new, purpose-built offices in Hull. The £1m office and warehouse complex will house MKM's central…
OFT questions Travis Perkins' Toolstation dealBuilders Merchants JournalThe Office of Fair Trading has announced that intends to look into the take-over of Toolstation by builders merchant Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins, which bought a 30% stake in…
Builders Merchants JournalTravis Perkins supports young TV buildersBuilders Merchants JournalBuilders merchant Travis Perkins sponsored a group of young construction apprentices to build a four-bedroom house on their own, in just one year and on budget…
Builders Merchants JournalMinister thanks BMF for views on planningBuilders Merchants JournalGreg Clark MP has thanked builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation for its input on the draft National Planning Policy Framework consul…
Builders Merchants JournalNMBS adds Morrell to Conference line-upBuilders Merchants JournalChief Construction Adviser Paul Morrell OBE will speak at the NMBS 2012 All Industry builders merchant and manufacturers conference in June, it has been announce…
Ken's still the boss of builders merchants – at 93Birmingham MailAcocks Green-born Ken, who was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 by Builders Merchant News, learnt the building trade at his father's knee, travelling with him as a you…
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressMid-Norfolk MP George Freeman's green energy pledge during Ridgeons visitNorfolk Eastern Daily PressHe added that setting the right tariffs to promote the renewable energy market was not easy and the government would moni…
Evening StandardInterview: Lord Hanson's cigarette king is still smoking out the takeoversEvening StandardEven the trio of jobs – at a bookie, a builders' merchant and a cardboard-box maker – are suitably blokeish for someone who has just jette…
U-turn on bus route cutbacksThe Northern EchoGail Hardy was preparing to hand in her notice at Jewson builders merchant, where she is a personal assistant, after the bus she used to get to work was axed. However, Durham County Council has worked with b…
FTSE marginally lower early on as banks and miners stallStock Market WireOther notable casualties included Irish builders' merchant CRH, down 15p at 1263p, oil industry service group Petrofac, off 18.5p at 1476.5p, and aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce…