Tag: manufacturers

The building safety scandal came to light after the Grenfell Tower fire nearly five years agoManufacturers are saying that they will pay to replace their own faulty products but refuse to foot the bill for the mistakes of others. Their stance is in contrast to...

NBG managing director Nick Oates National Buying Group, a purchasing alliance for independent builders’ merchants, is urging its suppliers – manufacturers and importers of building products and materials – not to put up their prices any more than they really have to. It says that...

The building safety scandal came to light after the Grenfell Tower fire nearly five years agoMichael Gove, the ‘levelling up’ secretary of state, has agreed a solution with the housing industry that will see developers commit a minimum of £2bn to fix their own buildings...

Michael GoveAmendments to the Building Safety Bill will make manufactures of cladding and other building products retrospectively liable for anything they have done wrong over the past 30 years. Building owners and landlords will be able to take legal action against manufacturers who used defective...