INDEPENDENT Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has appointed Adrian Tansley as divisional managing director for roofing. For the past three years, as the operations director for IBMG’s roofing division in the South, Tansley has overseen the smooth integration of Roofing Gear’s three branches; Independent Roofing Supplies’ three branches and MS Roofing’s five branches into the IBMG portfolio.
CONSTRUCTION STRUGGLES and there’s a slight downgrade in the construction sector’s near-term growth prospects, according to the Construction Products Association’s Summer forecasts, published today. Output is forecast to fall by 2.9% this year, steeper than the 2.2% contraction forecast three months ago. This is primarily due to recovery being pushed back in the two largest construction
AT A GLITTERING awards ceremony attended by a range of roofing industry professionals, the winners of the BMI Apprentice of the Year 2024 were announced last night. BMI Apprentice of the Year 2024 Winners In the pitched roofing category, the winner of the BMI Redland Apprentice of the Year 2024 is Leah Stewart, apprentice at
THE MCRMA’s membership has increased further with five more businesses in the past three months. The new members represent a diverse range of expertise being approved to join the trade association dedicated to the metal building envelope sector. New members Capital Coated Steel, Hadley Group, Liquasil, PLS Surveys and Attain RTC take the association’s total membership
THE NEW PRESIDENT of the Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA) will focus on industry integrity and innovation. Paul Simpson steps into the presidency with an agenda focused on regulatory compliance and positioning the sector at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. With 30 years’ experience in the insulation and construction industries, Paul Simpson is the Commercial
ARCHITECTS are anticipating higher workloads over the next three months, and practice staff recruitment is expected to increase, according to the latest Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Future Trends Survey. In June, the RIBA Workload Index fell slightly by 2 points to +4, indicating that architects expect workloads to increase overall. Meanwhile, the RIBA Staffing Index
AS THE summer holiday period approaches, there are good levels of product availability as demand remains subdued across most sectors. This is according to the latest report from the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group. Meeting in the wake of the King’s Speech, the group welcomed the new government’s planning reforms, but says it
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR of a Blackpool roofing firm has made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro after a gruelling seven-day hike to raise money for charity. For the last five years, Sean Lynden, MD of Blackpool Industrial Roofing, has been fundraising for local charities, Trinity Hospice and Brian House Children’s Hospice. This includes hosting an
THERE HAVE BEEN 81,000 certified solar panel installations in 2024, showing installers they should have confidence in solar, says Solar Energy UK. The first half of the year also saw certified solar panel installs surpassing the 1.5 million mark, according to data from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), the UK’s quality mark for renewable energy.
A 70-BED purpose-built rehabilitation centre near Loughborough which aims to transform rehabilitation in the UK continues to take shape as black cladding is applied to the outside of the building pavilions. New drone footage of the centre’s progress also shows windows have also begun to be installed and the energy centre is now completed. Inside the
