Cllr Nick Forbes, the Leader of Newcastle City Council, visited JT Dove Builders' Merchant this week at its head office in Newburn, Newcastle to meet with eight graduates of the trainee scheme and present awards to two long service employees.

A slow down in global demand for its machines has caused construction plan manufacturer JCB to announce a possible further round of redundancies.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG has presented its top suppliers with wards, in recognition of their efforts to build and maintain profitable partnerships over the past year.

RS Components (RS) now offers new Bahco modules for tool cabinets, specially configured to help engineers quickly and easily acquire the tools of their trade.

In 2015, the value of the UK shower equipment market is expected to have increased by around 4% compared to 2014, reflecting steady growth in the building and home improvement markets.

A new CEMEX wharf has opened at Dagenham, providing the closest aggregate production north of the river to central London.

The terracotta façade of a landmark listed building in Leeds has been protected from damp using Stormdry Masonry Protection Cream developed by Safeguard.

Pasquill, the UK's largest supplier of roof trusses has installed a state of the art laser projection system for its Redhill manufacturing plant.

East of England independent timber and builders merchant Ridgeons is opening a new branch of its dedicated plumbing and heating brand, PlumbStock, in Diss next week.

The Construction Product Association's latest Construction Trade Survey shows that activity in construction rose for the tenth consecutive quarter in Q3 2015.