MARSHALLS PLC, manufacturer of products for the built environment, reports a revenue drop of 12% this year, including in Marley’s roof solar division. The company reported revenue of £528m in the 9 months to end of September 2023, compared to £544m in the same period last year. The revenue decrease is 3% lower than in
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC confirmed a continuing slowdown of new home reservations and sales in its first trading update of its new financial year, for the period July – October 2023. Slowdown Barratt’s slowdown in sales reflect the continuing mortgage challenges faced by potential homebuyers. The absence of Help to Buy reservation activity, which accounted for
VIEWS are being sought about the Buildings at Risk Register (BARR) kept by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to provide information on historic buildings at risk. The list registers buildings that are vacant, suffering neglect or threatened with demolition. It gives the information needed to help preserve historic buildings and sometimes bring them back into use.
STUART WHEELER ROOFING LTD, has been crowned the winner of the Pitched Roofing category at the International Federation of the Roofing Trade (IFD) Awards 2023, for his roof slating project: Yellowsands, Thurlestone. This follows the project securing the Roof of the Year Award at NFRC’s 2023 UK Roofing Awards. Yellowsands also won in the Roof
THE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION (CPA) has written a wish list of government actions to help the construction industry avoid recession and boost its ability to reduce carbon emissions. The CPA emphasises the contribution of the construction industry to productivity and economic growth. It points out that approximately 75% of all construction products used in the
Serious concerns that dangerous ladders continue to be sold on online platforms to unsuspecting consumers in the UK have again been raised in the latest research commissioned by the Ladder Association. A shocking 70% of the commercially-available multipurpose ladders tested failed to meet the minimum safety requirements designed to keep users safe, according to a
WITH FIBRE CEMENT slates becoming an increasingly popular choice of roofing material, Glidevale Protect can help professional roofing contractors reduce labour time and the risk of condensation thanks to its extensive range of specialist underlays. Many contractors have traditionally paired fibre cement slates with a low resistance (LR), vapour permeable, breather membrane which necessitates the
EJOT HAS SECURED the globally renowned FM approval for all the most widely used products in the Colorfast range of colour-matched self-drilling fasteners. It is a move which provides specifiers and contractors with another independently verified ‘stamp of approval’ for the suitability of the range’s key products when used for fixing sandwich panels, or built-up
A GROWING NUMBER of households are turning to solar panels in a bid to reduce their environmental impact and slash soaring heating bills, but maintaining solar panels can be a challenging task. Now Samac Fixings has launched the Solarguard Pro, an easy to fit roofing solution designed to keep debris and birds from getting underneath the
BLADE ROOFING has rolled out a job management and mobile app system to significantly reduce administration and eliminate paperwork. The cloud-based system from BigChange has also helped boost operational efficiencies, improve customer service and has given management real-time visibility of all work. Real-time vehicle tracking and fleet management tools are also helping Blade better respond
