CHANGES AT THE TOP of its leadership team have been announced by the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), owner of 20 key builders merchant brands across the south of England. With immediate effect, Peter Cudd takes on the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Allun Pittingale becomes Chief Operations Officer (COO) for the Independent Builders Merchant Group.
The Government Property Agency (GPA) has submitted a planning application to Wokingham Borough Council for the new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading. The new headquarters will create the largest cluster of weather and climate research and operational forecasting facilities in the world alongside the University’s
ROOFING MASTERCLASSES are part of new CITB funding for a Homebuilding Sector Skills Plan to improve skills, training and recruitment. The Homebuilding Sector Skills Plan is in partnership with homebuilding sector stakeholders and aims to increase the availability of skilled workers, to help meet the needs of the homebuilding pipeline. CITB is investing £3m into
The Asian Games is the largest comprehensive sports meeting among the five rings of Asia, held every four years. In 2023, this honor will fall to Hangzhou, China, and the Hangzhou Asian Games reached a perfect conclusion on October 8. As a representative and iconic sports event, the Hangzhou Asian Games has a series of…
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A family in Saskatchewan, Canada, faces an ongoing nightmare as bats have taken over their home; efforts to remove them are complicated by environmental protection laws, exposing the homeowners to health risks from bat bites and potential disease from guano.
WEX, a global commerce platform, plans to acquire Payzer, a provider of service management software, expanding its product suite for 600,000 customers.
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE of British Architects (RIBA) has opened applications to the industry’s first Principal Designer Register, allowing architects to demonstrate their competence for the safety role. Under England’s new Building Regulations, published in August 2023, every building project must have a Principal Designer. This is an individual or organisation appointed by the client to
Network Rail is proposing to spend an extra £600m on infrastructure following a review of its investment plans by the Office of Rail and Road. The ORR called for the extra infrastructure cash in its initial response to Network Rail’s spending plans for the five years from 1 April 2024 – known as Control Period
Two specialist contractors operating in the north west have collapsed into administration after struggling to regain profitability following the Covid 19 pandemic. Administrators from insolvency specialist Leonard Curtis have taken over at Lancashire-based steeelwork specialist James Killelea & Co. The firm has struggled to return to normal trading levels since the pandemic with revenue plunging
