Kevin Cubbage is standing down as chairman of BMF, the trade association for builders merchants and building material suppliers in October and a successor is being sought.

Uponor have introduced a simpler way of quoting, buying and stocking underfloor heating areas up to 112sq m.

All heavyside manufacturers saw sales fall in the last quarter of 2008, according to the latest Ernst and Young/ Construction Products Association Activity Barometer.

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.