Christmas-spirited staff at Kent Blaxill in Colchester have collected 26 rucksacks filled with clothes, toiletries and school equipment for the Mary's Meals charity.

To help customers beat the January blues, the Tunbridge Wells branch of Covers Timber and Builders Merchants has opened its very own breakfast club.

Robust overall output growth continued across the UK construction sector in December, but the pace of growth eased for the third month running.

Hanson Building Products, one of the UK's largest producers of clay bricks, has been sold as part of a deal worth £900m.

Independent builders merchant Rudridge made a welcome return to the Horsham Community Allotments, months after donating materials for the team as part of its Community Project campaign.

GFK, with assistance of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), has launched the first robust sales tracking insights for the builders merchant sector.

Ilaria Genovese has been appointed to the newly-created post of press and events coordinator for Twyford and Keramag Design.

DAB Pumps UK has expanded its commercial and residential building services team in line with its growth of sales.

Capital Radio Breakfast Show presenter and model Lisa Snowdon was guest of honour at the official opening of Pimlico Plumbers' new plumbing and heating merchant.

Next year's BMF Members' Day will take place in Cheshire, the Builders Merchants Federation has revealed.