Employees at builders merchant group Travis Perkins have raised over £150,000 for learning disability charity Mencap over the last year.

Expamet Building Products are to spend £500,000 on new tooling and machinery at their Hartlepool site.

Members of the Get Britain Building coalition met with Assembly Members and representatives of the Welsh construction industry last week to launch the Get Wales Building campaign in the Welsh Assembly.

Brian Gray, former chief executive of Tricom Group and board director of BSS Group plc, has been appointed non-executive chairman of radiator distributors The Radiator Company.

Impulse Bathrooms have appointed two new sales people. Stewart Tilling will cover the West Midlands and west of England through to Cumbria and Stephen Hill will look after the North East and East Midlands.

Chatsworth Computers have announced the appointment of two new board directors.

The Builders Merchants Federation is urging builders merchants and supplier members to write to their MPs in support of calls for a cut in the rate of VAT to 5% on building repair and maintenance work.

Kasp, the security brand from Carl Kammerling International, - has brought out an eye-catching counter display unit for their Kasp 500 Series Van Lock, aimed at tradesmen wanting to protect their vans.

Door and window control system manufacturers, GEZE UK have launched a cost effective sliding door operator for areas with high footfall.

Wood protection and coatings people Liberon have announced that the impending EU legislation banning the sale of dichloromethane-based paint strippers to consumers and professionals will not affect Liberon Fine Wood Stripper.