Builders merchants Jewson will be promoting the role of the merchant at Ecobuild next month when their supply chain director appears in the exhibition's seminar programme.

Around eight building companies a day are going bust, according to leading insolvency practioners.

MDF mouldings manufacturers BLP Ltd have gone into administration.

Building materials producers Hanson UK are mothballing production at two of their quarries in Gloucestershire.

Just five months after halving production at the Westbury plant in Wiltshire, Lafarge Cement have announced they are to mothball the entire factory.

Bathroom product manufacturers have a brand new range of vitreous china sanitaryware, Nexo, which offers contemporary styling at an affordable price point.

The new M12 Compact Impact Driver C12ID from power tool people Milwaukee combines power, speed and portability in a small package.

PinkGrip Dry Fix from Everbuild Building Products is a fast cure, P.U. based dry wall adhesive that allows plastering to be carried out after only one hour.

North West based independent builders merchants W J Lewis have acquired the assets of Building Supplies R Us Ltd, the failed internet building supply business.

Freefoam Plastics, the roofline and rainwater products manufacturers, have appointed Geoff Barnett as technical operations manager for UK operations.