Victoria Shaw, who stole £17,500 from builders merchant Jewson in order to pay for her wedding, has been jailed for 15 months.

The annual Members' day, from the Builders Merchants Federation on October 7 2008 will kick off with the BMF Belfry Golf Challenge and celebratory BMF Centenary Dinner the day before. All three events are for merchants and suppliers.

Carl Kammerling International, the hand tools and security solutions suppliers, have launched Productwise - a web-based product training tool

Wolseley UK, the builders and plumbers merchant group, have opened a new dedicated builders merchant branch to service Walsall Housing Group (whg).

Three builders merchants have joined The Builders Merchants Federation as new members, along with two suppliers.

North Wales based Grey Slate and Stone Supplies, specialist slate suppliers to builders merchants, roofing contractors and architects, have opened a new branch in south Wales.

Fibre cement profiled sheeting from Marley Eternit has been chosen for use on a Scottish distillery.

Boiler people HRM have launched a new high efficiency condensing system version of their space saving X-ternal wall mounted oil fired boiler.

Short and long-term workplace injury and downtime is one of the most pressing challenges facing the building industry, but this year's Interbuild show will go a long way towards combating its impact.

A NEW HEATING & PLUMBING PAVILION is being launched at Interbuild 2008 (Sunday 26th - Thursday 30th October at Birmingham's NEC).

Leading trade body, The Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (APHC), is supporting the area entirely dedicated to showcasing the very latest developments from across the heating, plumbing and ventilating industries.