UK cement news

A grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund has enabled a popular Hertfordshire park to make significant repairs to a deteriorating public footpath.

New visitor facilities are being opened at RSPB Ouse Fen nature reserve in Cambridgeshire to allow the public to visit the latest restored areas of the wetland.

Pauline Lafferty has been appointed as Breedon’s Independent Non-Executive Director effective from 01 August 2021.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) accolade acknowledges that Aggregate Industries demonstrates its forces-friendly credentials as part of its recruitment process, and that it ensures its wider workforce is aware of the positive policies for defence personnel.

The company’s Mountsorrel Quarry has helped a local Women’s Institute (WI) restore a living memory to Princess Diana, with a donation to help maintain a memorial garden in Quorn, Leicestershire.

The company has confirmed that use of the mp connect card, the one card solution to support management of contractors and hauliers, will be compulsory across its business by the end of 2021.

Tarmac has supported the charity for many years, donating materials to help maintain and extend the sanctuaries enclosures.

Construction and infrastructure professionals are confident that the UK can deliver the Prime Minister’s 68% carbon reduction target by 2030 but want further clarity from the government ahead of COP26 – according to new industry research released yesterday.

The company has developed a new app to allow contractors working on site to manage and track their concrete deliveries.

The company has congratulated the young winners of the Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) Big Ideas Competition 2021 following its virtual national final, which saw students from schools across the country present innovative new sustainability initiatives to an online judging panel.