DB Group News

Vacancy – Specification Manager (North)

Specification Sales Manager Field-based role covering the North of England Fantastic opportunity for a tenacious and driven sales professional with experience working within the construction industry, to join our ambitious and growing business, where you’ll be...

Vacancy – Specification Manager (South)

Specification Sales Manager Fantastic opportunity for a tenacious and driven sales professional with experience working within the construction industry, to join our ambitious and growing business, where you’ll be responsible for driving new business development...

DB Group Wins ‘Supply Chain Excellence’ Award from Construction News

DB Group (Holdings) Ltd has been awarded the Supply Chain Excellence award at the 2020 Construction News Awards for the use of their highly innovative product Cemfree. The annual awards were held virtually for the first time on Thursday 26 November, and DB Group...

Cemfree article, The Bigger, The Better, As long at it’s green

The Bigger, The Better, As long at it's green in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) The concrete alternative that's building a greener construction Industry. MMC hears about a greener alternative from Adam Gittins, Commercial Manager of Cemfree. The construction...

Environment Agency uses Cemfree ultra low-carbon concrete infrastructure project in the Midlands

Cemfree ultra low-carbon concrete is being used on an Environment Agency flood defence project in Birmingham. It will be used for kerb bedding and backing over several kilometres in conjunction with various recycled products in an effort to reduce the projects’ carbon...

It’s time to end our ‘dirty’ concrete addiction

Cemfree's Adam Gittins writes in Construction News - July 2020 Sustainability has always been at the mercy of market forces, with stakeholders often preferring cheap and traditional rather than new and innovative. As building work recommences, these market forces risk...

Cemfree article, World Cement magazine – April 2020

Tony Sheridan (B.Sc. Civ Eng. MBA) discusses the benefits of low-carbon cement alternatives and why they may be the answer to improving the strength, durability and hygiene of the material.

Hayley Pelling joins DB Group

DB Group (Holdings) Ltd are pleased to announce that Hayley Pelling has joined us as our Human Resources Business Partner. Hayley joins us from Makro Art, a branding solutions provider where she has held a similar position as part of the senior leadership team. Hayley...

Supporting the Industry

DB Group (Holdings) Limited welcomes the formal guidance document “Working safely during COVID-19 in construction” issued by the government this week. Formal issuing of this by the government is a powerful statement of their commitment to ensuring everyone is...

Customer and Team Support – COVID-19 Update

At DB Group we are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely. Our priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our team, customers and everyone in the extended DB Group community. During this period, we are continuing to support our customers and all...

Cemfree ultra-low carbon cement used on the M25

Working on behalf of Connect Plus, a team from Jackson, DB Group and Axtell has achieved a 77% reduction in CO2 by using volumetric mix trucks to pour low-carbon Cemfree concrete on the Woodford West Viaduct on the M25 Read the full World Cement article here:...

Highways England trials Cemfree on A14

Mick George Concrete is taking a leading role in the supply of low-carbon alternatives to the East Anglia and East Midlands construction industry, having dedicated a 100-tonne silo at its Cambridgeshire based batching plant to Cemfree, an ultra low carbon, sustainable...