Search Results: 'B&Q'

FSC targets fibreboard for change
17 December, 2012
The FSC has launched a campaign to persuade forest owners and panel manufacturers to introduce more certified fibreboard.

B&Q sales slide again
30 November, 2012
UK sales at home improvement group Kingfisher, which owns B&Q and Screwfix, continued to slide following the wet summer that hit business earlier in the year.

Wet weather impacts B&Q sales
12 September, 2012
Wet weather in the first half of 2012 reduced profits by £30m for B&Q owner Kingfisher plc.

Timber Expo: the industry hub
01 September, 2012
The design, structural and sustainability benefits of timber will be explored at Timber Expo where a huge programme of timber-related activity will take place. Event director Loretta Sales reports

Big names sign up for Timber Expo buyers’ forum
18 August, 2012
Most of the top names in UK construction, and some of their leading clients, have signed up for the buyers’ forum at the Timber Expo exhibition.

Duly diligent
04 August, 2012
The latest in a series of TTF workshops on the forthcoming EUTR brought members up to speed on the new anti-illegal timber legislation. Sally Spencer reports

Kingfisher’s responsible timber sourcing rate reaches 86%
29 June, 2012
B&Q owner Kingfisher plc said 86% of group timber products sold (by volume) during 2011-12 were responsibly sourced.

Weather clouds B&Q spring sales
04 June, 2012
Bad weather blighted B&Q’s spring business causing a sharp fall in sales of outdoor seasonal products and a 13.8% slump in retail profits.

Brash in scaffold board fire treatment first
14 May, 2012

Steico's hat-trick of innovations
14 April, 2012

OSB accolade for top apprentice
03 April, 2012

Fortunes vary at B&Q and Homebase
27 March, 2012

Timber shows its green colours
03 March, 2012
Timber holds its own as Ecobuild gets bigger and bigger

Mild winter boosts B&Q outdoor product sales
18 February, 2012

Window energy ratings raised in Part L proposals
07 February, 2012

Don't mess with the orangutans
04 February, 2012
Strict enforcement of the rules is the only way to address timber's environmental vulnerability

Don't mess with the orangutans
04 February, 2012
Strict enforcement of the rules is the only way to address timber's environmental vulnerability

Cassette players
04 February, 2012
B&K Structures’ recently launched floor, wall and roof cassettes have helped the retail sector speed up build programmes

FSC terminates Asia Plywood licence
31 January, 2012

FirePRO wins WPA “approved product” status
31 January, 2012