Builders merchants Poores of Acton, are to sponsor the Auctions at the Rainy Day Trust DIY Charity Gala Dinner in January.

BSS Industrial have launched their first specialist drainage trade counter.

Timber suppliers James Donaldson & Sons Ltd have bought the assets of Palgrave Brown, the roof truss and engineered timber manufacturers. Palgrave Brown went into administration last month with the loss of 450 jobs .

Roca, the bathroom people, have launched Duplo 820 - a new wall-hung WC bracket with concealed cistern.

Builders merchant chain Wolseley UK have won a major environmental award for their Sustainable Building Center.

House builder Charles Church have used air source heat pumps from Danfoss Heat Pumps as a sustainable heating system for the prestigious 'Ridgeway Mews' development in Stoneygate, Leicester.

Roca have launched a new range of low capacity eco baths - Carla Eco, Contesa Eco and Almeria - to meet the growing demand for more water efficient products in the bathroom.

Everbuild Building Products have acquired the distribution rights to GEO-FIX, the market leading brush-applied paving jointing compound.

Jewson, the builders merchant chain, have joined forces with the Health and Safety Executive to help warn tradesmen of the dangers of asbestos.

Tony Newman, former sales director of builders merchant chain Jewson, has appeared before police in Coventry to answer bail. He is one of five men on bail in connection with a police inquiry into suspected fraud of £1m at the builders merchant.