Aggregate Industries opens mobile testing lab23/06/2021 Aggregate Industries' contracting division has opened a ‘pioneering’ new laboratory for materials testing due to a 'dearth of testing facilities' in the contracting sector. |
The Aggregates Levy remains but exemptions under spotlight22/07/2020 The Government has rejected calls for reforms to the national Aggregates Levy but will consult on the tax treatment of aggregate removed during construction works. |
Breedon celebrates 'excellent' results11/03/2020 Breedon Group has celebrated an 'excellent performance' in its 2019 full-year results, with its profit before tax jumping by 18% to reach £94.6m. |
Tarmac takes aggregate off the road for new asphalt plant09/01/2020 The first freight trains have delivered aggregate to the site of a new asphalt and aggregates facility under construction by Tarmac in north east Birmingham. |
Legal: The best option on aggregate30/05/2019 Steven Porter, Alastair Dale and Jon Hart at award winning infrastructure law firm Pinsent Masons LLP highlight the recent review launched by the UK Government on the Aggregates Levy . |
Expert advice to Aggregates Levy review lacks binding element21/03/2019 The Treasury has published the framework for its review of the Aggregates Levy. |
Breedon Aggregates buys Hope for £336m19/11/2015 Breedon Aggregates has agreed to acquire Hope Construction Materials for £336 million, creating a single leading independent producer of cement, aggregates, asphalt and concrete. |
Lafarge Tarmac and Owen Pugh join forces to deliver bypass scheme14/07/2015 Lafarge Tarmac will supply 180,000 tonnes of construction aggregates to be used in the earthworks for the Morpeth Northern Bypass. |
Strong sales of materials used in roads construction06/05/2015 Sales volumes of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt increased in the first quarter of 2015, according to figures released by the Mineral Products Association (MPA). |
Barr sells aggregates business09/10/2014 Scottish construction group Barr has sold its quarry business to fast-expanding Breedon Aggregates. |
CMA tells Breedon to sell Scottish plants09/04/2014 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told Breedon Aggregates that it must sell two of its Scottish plants. |
Aggregates used to treat iced roads and pavements17/12/2013 Quarries across the UK are once again supplying fine aggregates to local authorities to treat iced roads and pavements. |
Major rebrand for Aggregate Industries26/09/2013 Aggregate Industries – a manufacturer and supplier of construction and building materials including asphalt, concrete, aggregates and more – has undergone a complete rebrand. |
Breedon to buy Scottish assets of Aggregate Industries10/04/2013 Breedon Aggregates is set to buy Scottish assets from Aggregate Industries in a deal worth £34 million. |
Probe into cost of road materials18/08/2011 The Competition Commission is set to probe the £3.4bn aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets following claims that prices are being kept too high. |
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