Knightsbridge supports DOTS to help the homeless community

Dogs on the Street (DOTS) – the charity that supports homeless people with dogs across the UK – has received additional support this New Year thanks to a donation from Knightsbridge.  DOTS is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit charity dedicated to supporting dog... View Article

West Fraser’s panel products are net carbon negative!

West Fraser’s panel products are net carbon negative! This means the company’s activities go beyond achieving net zero carbon emissions to actually create an environmental benefit by locking up carbon within the panel product range thus not releasing it into... View Article

Keystone Lintels awarded Heavyside Supplier of the Year 2021

Keystone Lintels, the UK’s leading manufacturer of steel lintels, is delighted to have been awarded ‘Heavyside Supplier of the Year’ at the Builders Merchant Journal Awards 2021 in recognition of its outstanding customer service. The glittering event took place on... View Article

Illuminating Springhills

LISTEN HERE Luceco has recently supplied interior and exterior amenity lighting to Springhills Independent Living Scheme at Outwood, provided by Wakefield and District Housing Limited. WDH is one of the UK’s largest social housing providers, with over 32,000 homes across... View Article

Optigrun launch new RIBA approved Blue Roof CPD

Optigrun, the specialist green roof systems supplier, has launched a new RIBA approved CPD seminar, Understanding blue roofs – From design to application Increases in our urban population, the density of urban development and the effects of climate change are... View Article

Zentia ceilings rise to the challenge in Plymouth

Sloping ceilings at a Plymouth primary school feature Zentia products. A new school for a new community in Plymouth has relied on ceiling solutions by leading UK manufacturer Zentia for delivering both form and function. Some 1,200m2 of Zentia’s Perla OP 0.95 Tegular... View Article

Build safer structures with Simpson Strong-Tie

High quality products and professional service: that is what makes Simpson-Strong-Tie® the number one connector brand in Europe and worldwide. We design and produce construction solutions for the full spectrum of building methods. As part of our commitment to product... View Article

Obsidiana COMPAC – 100% recycled 100% recyclable

Obsidiana COMPAC is a truly pioneering surface material made from 100% recycled glass and is itself 100% recyclable, making it the first worksurface in the World to offer a totally sustainable solution. Compac have been able to create this unique... View Article

Explore the Beauty of Imperfection with IVC Commercial

Inspired by the ancient Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi and acceptance of the imperfect and transient, Imperfection is the new sustainable carpet tile collection designed and made in Belgium by IVC Commercial. Imperfection explores the idea that beauty is found in... View Article

Futurebuild announces 2022 conference programme

Practical advice on achieving COP26 objectives The built environment has been given twelve months to turn climate pledges into significant action to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C. To encourage transformational change, Futurebuild, the sustainable built environment event, has announced its 2022 conference programme. Now that COP26 has established what we need to do, the sessions at the conference will... View Article