Nick Cowley, Managing Director of Euramax Solutions, a Modular Group Investments (MGI) company, discusses how MMC can be the catalyst for enticing new blood into the sector.
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has become the world’s first flat glass manufacturer to fire its furnace on 100% biofuel, as part of an industry trial to find sustainable alternatives to natural gas.
The latest total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants recorded the third-highest quarterly BMBI sales ever, rounding off a record-breaking year for merchants.
The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 17.4% higher in November 2021 compared to the same month in 2020.
Construction industry recruitment specialists, ValueStaff, has undertaken a strategic review and unveiled a new look for the company following significant investment.
The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in December, reveal that merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 11.1% higher in October 2021 compared to the same month in 2020.
Recycling end-of-life plastic is still the best route for recovering this versatile and long-life material, according to resource recovery specialist Axion.
Q3 of 2021 recorded the second-highest quarterly BMBI sales ever. However, there are signs of a slowdown as volume growth gives way to value growth, driven by price increases.