Thanks to changes to planning permission legislation, builders merchants could find themselves selling more building materials for home extensions and driveways.

JELD-WEN, the timber window manufacturers have supplied a replacement timber window for the Antarctic, 60 years after the company supplied the original timber huts.

The acting manager of a Plumbline plumbers merchants branch stole more than £25,000 from the company.

The newly re- branded Optimal range of high performance exterior coatings from Jotun Paints offers 12 years of maintenance-free timber protection.

The new Alutec Evolve guttering system from Marley Alutec has been developed to meet the needs of property developers requiring a sustainable and durable system.

Following a successful return to Interbuild last year, wooden products people Richard Burbidge will be highlighting their ranges of indoor and outdoor balustrades.

Builders merchants and the rest of the construction industry are being warned about the rising tide of metal thefts from merchant yards and construction sites.

A customer from a builders merchants in Coventry is off to see the Italian Grand Prix next week, thanks to Dunlop Adhesives.

NorDan, the suppliers of high performance environmentally friendly doors and windows, will feature the low U-value NTech on itheir stand at Interbuild 2008 and give visitors the opportunity to test out the excellent noise reducing performance as well.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley UK have announced 84 redundancies across their operations in Leamington Spa and Ripon.