Alumasc interims show solid growth

Alumasc interims show solid growth

An Alumasc drainpipe Alumasc’s interim results, for the six months to 31st December 2020 show revenue up 11% to £45.6m (2019: £41.1m) and a pre-tax profit of £5.5m (2019: £2.1m). Chief Executive Paul Hooper said the numbers “reflect the successful execution of our repositioning strategy launched in 2019”. Alumasc’s Water Management division, representing 42% of…

SOPREMA Releases SOPRA-XPS, New Eco-Friendly Insulation Panels | 2021-02-04

SOPREMA Releases SOPRA-XPS, New Eco-Friendly Insulation Panels | 2021-02-04

SOPREMA Releases SOPRA-XPS, New Eco-Friendly Insulation Panels | 2021-02-04 | Roofing Contractor This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our…

Kitchen fitter gets suspended jail sentence for gas works

Kitchen fitter gets suspended jail sentence for gas works

Brian Squibb, trading as BKS Kitchens & Bathrooms, was contracted to fit kitchens in the summer of 2019. He signed an installer agreement giving the name of a registered Gas Safe plumber that he would use for gas work in the two properties in Exeter. However, as Exeter Crown Court heard, Brian Squibb carried out…

Mule-Hide Products Co. Renames and Updates Packaging for Modified Bitumen Membranes | 2021-02-04

Mule-Hide Products Co. Renames and Updates Packaging for Modified Bitumen Membranes | 2021-02-04

Mule-Hide Products Co. Renames and Updates Packaging for Modified Bitumen Membranes | 2021-02-04 | Roofing Contractor This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or…

Purchasing survey suggests construction activity starts to slow again

Purchasing survey suggests construction activity starts to slow again

A third national lockdown, coupled with continuing Brexit uncertainties, appear to have prompted greater hesitancy among clients, especially for new commercial projects. The monthly survey of buyers by IHS Markit indicated a marginal decline in UK construction output and a slowdown in new order growth to its weakest since June 2020. Meanwhile, transport shortages and…

Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies Inc. Awarded Sixth Consecutive AEPA Contract | 2021-02-04

Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies Inc. Awarded Sixth Consecutive AEPA Contract | 2021-02-04

Tremco’s Weatherproofing Technologies Inc. Awarded Sixth Consecutive AEPA Contract | 2021-02-04 | Roofing Contractor This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to…

Frank nears completion of solo Atlantic challenge

Frank nears completion of solo Atlantic challenge

70-year-old Frank Rothwell is rowing solo 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Frank Rothwell, founder, owner and managing director of portable accommodation supplier Bunkabins, is rowing 3,000 miles from Tenerife to Antigua to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK charity. He set off on 12th December with the target of reaching Antigua on Valentine’s Day in…

Moda Living secures funds for £80m Glasgow housing scheme

Moda Living secures funds for £80m Glasgow housing scheme

The Holland Park development will be built on Pitt Street at the site of the old Strathclyde Police HQ. Last month, the project had secured the backing of two major investors, US-based Harrison Street and London-based Apache Capital, which have now secured a four-year £80m debt facility from real estate investment manager BentallGreenOak to fund…

Citiscape problems continue to dog Barratt

Citiscape problems continue to dog Barratt

Barratt’s Citiscape development in Croydon, as captured by Google Streetview For the six months to 31st December 2020 Barratt Developments completed 9,077 housing units (2019: 8,314 units) and generated revenue of £2,494.7m, up 10% on the previous year. These numbers were helped by the earlier pause in work and higher forward sales position created by…

Pulse air tightness test approved for use

Pulse air tightness test approved for use

Pulse is a portable compressed-air based system The low-pressure Pulse test is now an approved alternative method to the standard blower door test to measure the air tightness of buildings. Pulse is a portable compressed-air based system that is used to measure the air leakage of a building or enclosure at a near ambient pressure…