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At the recent Building Schools Exhibition and Conference at London Excel, Wolseley’s focus was on how schools can reduce their water usage by more than a third, as well as how to protect little hands from getting trapped in doors.
The Safehinge, manufactured by the company of the same name, and sold through Dryad, the architectural ironmongery division of Build Center, was one of several products on display on the interactive stand and proved a hit with visitors, particularly end users such a... [more]
With thousands of visitors planned, William Ball has selected KBB as the perfect venue for demonstrating how the concept works to potential retailers. “We will be rolling out the Branded Store concept and present interested trade customers with a full Business model that has proven its worth as a really quite unbelievable platform for success,” explains md Terry Ball.
The company has big plans for its Branded Store concept and is looking to sign up 50 solus stores throughout the country (Will... [more]
Many people fail to realize that most of the problems with energy efficiency aren’t with the appliances themselves, it is with the way we use them. A TV isn’t going to be particularly wasteful, hundreds of thousands of pounds go into developing them to be the very opposite, but if we leave it on all day when we aren’t even using it certainly will be. It is time to start turning stuff off.
Another important thing to note is that this doesn’t just apply to electrical goods. One way to save mone... [more]
Econic has recently completed work on a major renewable energy project at SEGRO’s Winnersh Triangle Phase 1 office development near Reading. The £100M scheme will see the construction of four office buildings, totalling 328,000 sq ft (35,790 sq m), a 168-bedroom hotel with leisure and conference facilities and 19,805 sq ft (1,840 sq m) of retail and restaurant space.
Developers SEGRO want to make this one of the most sustainable office developments in the Thames Valley and the buildings on t... [more]
Wolseley plc has announced Board changes:
CEO Europe
In order to get greater focus on business unit performance and accelerate decision making in response to local market conditions, there will no longer be a role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Europe. Therefore, Rob Marchbank, the holder of this role, is leaving the Group on 1 March 2010 and will cease to be an Executive Director with effect from that date.
Rob has spent over 27 years in the construction materials distribution in... [more]
The UK has undergone something of a renaissance in woodburning over recent years, and the trend for installing a woodburner, as opposed to just an open fire, is testament to the fact that people are looking for an efficient and green addition to their regular heating. AGA Stoves, part of the AGA Rangemaster Group, has seen a huge increase of 300% in sales of its woodburning stoves over the last two years thanks to the exceptionally cold winters.
And as the UK shivers under the latest blanke... [more]
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