#construction

Local housebuilder on recruitment drive following growth

Barratt and David Wilson Homes Exeter is celebrating a surge of interest in jobs at the firm following a period of strong growth and expansion for the UK’s leading housebuilder which is building new communities throughout Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

The 5-star housebuilder recently held a successful and well-attended recruitment event at The Devon Hotel in Exeter, with roles...

Staff to benefit from RGB Building Supplies acquisition

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it has been acquired by Grant & Stone and has become part of the largest independent builders merchant group in southern England.

The company will continue trading as RGB Building Supplies across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, and its head office will still be located in Barnstaple. The majority of RGB’s Executive Board of Directors...

Builders merchant continues Devon Air Ambulance support

After raising £3,000 for Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) over the past 12 months, RGB Building Supplies is delighted to continue its support for the charity for a further year.

The money was raised through charity breakfast mornings held in RGB’s branches, the builders merchant’s annual golf day, and staff members taking on individual challenges. This included Richard Betts who, although...

Plymouth based construction consultants celebrate 70th anniversary at two platinum events

Long-established Chartered Quantity Surveyors, formerly known as Gates Construction Consultants, with offices in Plymouth, Barnstaple, and Bristol, rebranded in 2017 as ‘Gates Consultants’ with a new logo and website. Originally established in 1947 by John W Gates in Bridgwater, the practice has evolved to provide a wide range of professional services within the construction industry.

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Property consultants 'go back to school’

Property design and management consultants, NPS South West, based in Exeter, went ‘back to school; when they revisited their £1.4m classroom extension project at Highweek Primary & Nursery School in Newton Abbot, 12 months on. The project constructed by Interserve, was completed in summer 2016, with Hamson Barron Smith (HBS), part of the NPS Group, as design and management consultants,...

SW construction consultants celebrate 70th anniversary with new look

Long-established Chartered Quantity Surveyors, formerly known as Gates Construction Consultants, has rebranded as ‘Gates Consultants’ with a new logo and website. Originally established in 1947 by John W Gates in Bridgwater, the practice is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and over that time has evolved to provide a wide range of professional services within the construction industry....