Knauf Insulation's Perimeter Plus™ Blow-in-Blanket® System has been awarded a British Board of Agrément Certificate.

The latest group of graduates from the Grafton/SCA Timber Supply Timber Champions course have been to Sweden to see their training at first hand.

Wolseley chief executive Chip Hornsby has shown his faith in the builders and plumbers merchant group with the purchase of £50,000 of Wolseley shares.

Global demand for cement will fall this year for the first time in 25 years, according to Lafarge's chief executive.

Builders merchants across the UK are throwing themselves behind the Get Britain Building Campaign, encouraging their suppliers and customers to back the campaign and promoting it wherever they can.

An MP who is also a builders merchant is calling upon the government to cut VAT on housing maintenance and refurbishment to 5%.

The new Cetol TSI Satin plus interior woodstain from Sikkens is the first from the company's new VOC 2010 compliant range.

The new Zeto freestanding bath from Impulse Bathrooms can be used as an island unit against a wall or corner if space is an issue.

Brosteel Ultra 60 from Bollom Fire Protection offers 60 minutes of fire protection on standard steel members in internal environments with just two coats.

Cementone have launched a water based natural stone sealer.