Tom McElkerney has been appointed brand managing director of plumbers merchant Plumbase.

Salus Controls have appointed Chris Goss as regional sales manager for London and the South East. to further bolster the UK sales team and to cope with the company's expansion within the heating controls sector.

Another 14 workers at Castle Cement in Ketton could be in line to lose their jobs, according to a report in the Rutland Times.

The Construction Products Association are expecting to see private housing starts fall 38% this year, dropping a further 14% in 2009.

NMBS have continued to develop their NMBS Report Centre, in order to move further into the development of web-based account management solutions to remove cost from the supply chain.

South western staff, manufacturers and customers from plumbing and heating merchants PTS took to the golf course to raise an impressive £1,505 for the NSPCC.

Spear & Jackson - the manufacturers of builders' tools and gardening equipment - have promoted Ian Archer to the position of sales & marketing director.

James Latham, the timber and panel products distributors, have appointed two new members of staff to the depot in Yate.

SIG have brought together five of their brands to form a new company, launched on October 1, to provide merchants and major contractors with a wider than ever range of ancillary construction products.

Plumbing and heating merchant group BSS Group plc are expecting to see positive sales growth for the six months to September 30.