The House of Lords has defeated the Government by 48 votes on the zero carbon homes amendment during Monday's Lords Report Stage of the Housing and Planning Bill.

SCA Merchant Services took a number of customers to its facilities in Northern Sweden to show them where their wood comes from.

SCA Merchant Services has strengthened their sales team through the appointment of Brent Davies and Andrew Marston as business development managers

Suzanne McCarter has taken over as Fakenham branch manager for Kent Blaxill, the independent East Anglian building supplies company.

Independent drylining merchant, Capital Drywall have made moves in their business structure and invested in their fleet as a mark of their growth.

JELD-WEN, themanufacturer of timber windows, doors, and stairs, is supporting merchant sales by promoting timber windows.

Members of staff from the IT team at builders merchant Travis Perkins offered to help Northampton-based St Luke's CEVA Primary School after hearing that the school needed help to renovate their school garden and to build a new play area.

Wienerberger, UK provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, has launched a range of new online tools to assist in the selection of special bricks, in order to ensure that building professionals are able to source the right shaped bricks for their projects.

Icopal, manufacturers of building and structural waterproofing, have welcomed Andrew Lawton as their new managing director. Lawton brings over 20 years' construction experience to the team.

The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) are planning to attract a further 300 firms into membership, as well as restructuring training services.