Jackson Building Centres have been helping to teach local school children in Sutton-in-Ashfield some tricks of the merchant trade in the playground.

Pegler Yorkshire and Grinnell (Tyco Fire & Building Products) have been announced as joint winners of BSS Industrial's 2008 Supplier of the Year Award.

The stereotypical British cowboy builder may be a thing of the past if a new website has anything to do with it.

Carrara and Matta are unveiling a seat with a smart-lift easy-clean design that's new to the UK market.

Ronseal are running a summer promotion on their high performance wood fillers, offering special value 550g and 1kg tubs with an additional 33% of free filler in a natural colour.

Shares in Wolseley have risen by more than 2% today amid speculation that an interested party may have approached the chain about a potential takeover.

Greenworks, Jewson and Graham sister company, has scooped a Bronze award for a B2B business website at the Horizon Interactive Awards 2008.

BSS Group have announced their audited preliminary results for the 12 months to March 31 2008. And, say the group, they have seen 'strong growth in revenue, profit and cash flow driven by resilient RMI market and market share gains'.

UK tool brand Stanley have lent their support to a team of volunteers working on an ambitious building project in Tanzania, Africa.

Dunlop Adhesives used the recent NMBS exhibition, held earlier this month in Telford, to showcase one of its newest products, Standard Set Plus, launched in January this year.