Lafarge launches helpline

CVC is preparing a joint bid with a Singaporean state fund for assets including Britain's biggest cement-maker, Sky News reports.

The private equity company CVC Capital Partners is reported to be joining forces with some of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds to bid for £4 billion (€5 billion) of cement assets that would make it a major player in the building materials sector.

Sky News reports that CVC is in discussions with Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC) about a combined o

Lafarge has announced the winners of its 2014 Global Suppliers Awards that recognise suppliers in the categories of Health & Safety, Performance, Sustainability, Logistics, Product Development, Emerging Market, and Strict Working Capital or Financing Solutions.

Health & Safety
Chryso won the Health & Safety category with its range of patented environment and user-friendly concrete removers. These products facilitate Lafarge Concrete trucks and mixers cleaning operations while reducing the exposure of La

Road safety will be the focus of a new campaign being piloted by Lafarge Concrete and Aggregates UK over the new few weeks. Under the scheme, Lafarge will use games, challenges and educational sessions to help children aged 10 to 11 understand the risks. The company has said that it will trial the programme in Leicestershire over the next few weeks and, if successful, it plans to roll it out to other areas of the UK. During the sessions students learn about vehicle blind spots and stopping distances and exp

In 2015/16, 30.4 million working days were lost in the UK due to self-reported work-related illness or injury, with each person taking an average of 16 days off work. The latest Health & Safety Executive (HSE) figures all reveal how stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health, 11.7 and 8.8 million days respectively.