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.

Newcastle-based builders merchants JT Dove have opened a new merchant branch in Newburn, to the north of Newcastle.

Saint-Gobain Pipelines have appointed Gary Postle as regional sales manager for access covers and gratings for the Thames Region.

Halstead Boilers have launched their first dedicated telemarketing division, with the appointment of two new telemarketing executives, Wayne Perkins and Katie Best.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins are to begin cost cutting measures to reduce costs by £65m across their builders, plumbing and heating, joinery merchant and retailing operations. The builders merchants also intend to cut capital expenditure, and will probably not pay a final dividend to shareholders, an interim statement released today reveals.

BeA Fastening Systems, the manufacturer of hand-held power tools and suppliers of an extensive range of fixings and fasteners, will be showcasing their Dynamik range of gas fuelled nailing systems at Interbuild.

Staff from plumbers and heating merchant Plumbing Trade Supplies cracked open the champagne on September 29 to celebrate the branch's fifth birthday.

Sussex builders merchants Parker Building Supplies held a trade day to celebrate the refurbishment of their Uckfield branch.