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Gateshead’s Swedish designed Buzzing Garden is due to open its doors to the public on Sunday August 18. 

Walsall Council, its highways partner Tarmac and software developer KaarbonTech are celebrating after scooping a prestigious national award for an innovative tool that improves drainage maintenance and reduces flood risk. 

A new road surface using recycled tyres is being trialled on the M1 motorway by Highways England.

Despite wet weather, the Festival of Wildlife attracted almost 2,000 people to Panshanger Park, near Hertford, to discover and celebrate wildlife.

The winning entries have been announced for the fourth annual Tarmac sponsored Passivhaus Trust design competition, which sought entries from students on new building projects and the retrofitting of existing buildings.  

Tarmac has supported the ‘National Parks Big Picnic’, a special celebration marking the 70 years since the ground-breaking 1949 Act of Parliament that established UK National Parks. 

Employees from across Tarmac are taking part in a UK-wide employee development programme (EDP) as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to helping its people build careers. 

Tarmac’s new asphalt surface at Silverstone was the stage for high drama as Lewis Hamilton clinched a record sixth British Grand Prix victory last weekend.  A new race lap record of 1:27.369 helped take the Mercedes-AMG driver to his historic eightieth Formula One win. 

A pair of rare Oystercatchers have spent more than a month nesting at a Herefordshire sand and gravel quarry. 

A new access ramp and sash windows have been installed at the historic Vine Pavillion thanks to a £25,000 grant from the Fund, completing more than five years of restoration work.