British Gypsum

I was invited to an evening with British Gypsum last Thursday in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham at the Purecraft Bar & Restaurant. Birmingham is a long way from home for me, and a 4-hour car journey from the south coast was gladly washed away with a cold pint of

Sarah White, Residential Sector Manager for British Gypsum responds to the Government’s housing white paper ‘Fixing our Broken Housing Market’ launched today. “We desperately need more homes – to rent or buy, so it is good to see the Government addressing and implementing measures to tackle failures and kick start

British Gypsum has rolled out its innovative wall solution, Gyproc Habito, to the retail sector, to help create durable and robust commercial spaces, while improving design flexibility. With a reinforced core, Gyproc Habito is five times stronger than standard plasterboard, making it ideal for high traffic retail spaces. It is

London is feeling the full force of the UK’s housing affordability crisis. Responding to this issue, the London Borough of Newham Council has taken an innovative approach to developing a sustainable solution, working with British Gypsum to produce affordable housing with minimised maintenance costs. Central to the council’s ambitious plans

British Gypsum has introduced a new 2,300mm length board as a standard option on tapered edge 12.5mm Gyproc WallBoard, as an alternative to the traditional 2,400mm size. The new length has been designed to help housebuilders reduce waste and save time on site, by reducing the need to cut the

Allan Orr, a sales coordinator at SIG Interiors in Glasgow, has recently become the first person to receive a diploma in British Gypsum Products and Systems Knowledge after completing both British Gypsum’s e-Learning for Resellers and the Pure Practical course with a score of 100 per cent. With a background

The simplest changes make the biggest difference – barratt developments and british gypsum reduce plasterboard waste Working with Barratt Developments, British Gypsum has produced a new, smaller plasterboard product which greatly reduces waste for the housebuilding industry and saves thousands of pounds. The new product is a smaller sized plasterboard

British Gypsum has launched a new and improved range of drywall screws that are faster, sharper and easier to use. Designed specifically for applying plasterboard to timber or lightweight metal substrates, the screws provide everything needed to fix British Gypsum’s wall lining, partition, floor and ceiling systems – regardless of

Pontypool based housing developer, Rob Wyman Homes Ltd., is using British Gypsum’s Gyproc Habito to create four exemplar properties in South Wales. The detached homes are being built to the same end goal: to create bespoke homes for modern professionals. Rob Wyman, Owner of Rob Wyman Homes Ltd., commented: “Each

Celebrating its 50th anniversary of delivering industry leading training, British Gypsum has announced that it will further enhance its support for apprentices in the UK by expanding its innovative Thistle Partnership to include an additional six colleges nationally. This takes the total number of colleges involved in the initiative to

David Kehoe, National Training and Technical Representative at British Gypsum, has been announced as the UK WorldSkills expert for Plastering and Drywall Systems ahead of the 2017 competition in Abu Dhabi. Held every two years, the WorldSkills competition is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world.