One in three new detached houses being built is now a self-build project, while volume house building slumps to its lowest levels, so building material manufacturers and suppliers are being urged to consider the self-build sector as a more effective target market.

Newton Abbott based sports club Decoy BMX Race Club has been rebuilding its racetrack using Postcrete to secure the fence, donated by Lafarge Cement.

Heating and hot water product suppliers Worcester, Bosch Group have launched a nationwide consumer campaign to help Britain save money.

Progressive Solutions, the software suppliers to the builders and timber merchant sectors, have signed up five more merchants to their bisTrack package.

Detectagas have launched a simple new way of testing whether carbon monoxide detectors are working which they believe could save thousands of people who may be at risk from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Saint-Gobain Pipelines, the suppliers of iron technology, have announced the appointment of Gary Zumeris as specification manager for the London and South East area.

Biasi UK have promoted Paul Baxter to the position of managing director.

An employee at Lincoln builders merchants Jackson Building Centres has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, five years after his first attempt at the climb.

JT Atkinson & Sons, the northern independent builders merchants have bought Hathaway & Hoyle Timber Merchants in Stockton-on-Tees.

The new Watchmansonic from Kingspan Environmental, provides householders with the ability to monitor their oil consumption accurately all-year-round.