Tim Wood, Editor of Builders' Merchants News, reflects on what the industry's leading trade magazine has offered over the past 12 months and looks forward to 2025.
This week the firm hosted special presentations to hand over the money raised to 10 local charities close to its sites in Burton and Lochmaben, chosen by the firm’s 150 staff.
John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group share thier final joint statement of the year.
Volunteer tradespeople have come together to finish a small extension at the home of a North Lanarkshire roofer who was left unable to complete the project he started after breaking his back and neck in a fall from 8m high scaffolding at work.
Aggregate Industries has welcomed the first ship bringing product to its new cement storage facility at the Port of Southampton, following a multi-million-pound upgrade.
NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) has announced its support of the Skyline Skills Hub, which aims to help London's workforce meet the challenges of decarbonisation.