Ceramic sink specialists Shaws of Darwen have been bought by their management, just weeks after their parent company went into administration.

Building plant and equipment specialists JCB have opened a new £40m heavy products factory.

Jackson Building Centres' branch in Swinton, near Rotherham, has come to the rescue of a children's allotment site when it was ransacked by thieves.

Builders merchant buying co-operative Unimer has appointed Andrew Zeglovskis as account advisor to further strengthen internal account management.

Crown Paints Limited, have appointed Liz Hickson to the role of marketing director.

As a thank you for generating the most entrants to the Sporting Year promotion in Essex, Dunlop Adhesives have awarded £250 of sporting goods vouchers to World of Tiles in Dagenham, Essex.

Plans to build a new Travis Perkins branch in Bridport, Dorset, may have been sabotaged by a spat between two supermarket chains.

URBANNATURE, the new cladding range from Cembrit features an extensive colour range.

Plumbing and heating merchant group BSS Group plc have bought Direct Heating Spares from the Gough family shareholders for £5.7m.

Curzon, the spares sister company of Graham and Jewson, have joined the Carbon Monoxide Consumer Awareness Alliance (COCAA) in their own right.