Wrekin Products, suppliers of geosynthetics, manhole covers and gully grates, has produced two new brochures, which offer practical guidance for builders merchants and their customers on selecting and specifying the best product for the job.

Construction output showed no growth in July when compared with the previous month, but new orders rose at the fastest rate in a year, official statistics have revealed.

Encon Insulation and Marsh Industries have been announced as the final two key sponsors for the BMF All Industry Conference 2015, taking place in Malta next June.

Commercial director of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd, Joe Martoccia, will join The Performance Timber Products Group (PTPG) as its new chief executive officer, effective from 15 December 2014.

Covers Timber and Builders Merchants with a depot on the Quarry Lane Estate, Chichester, are not only sponsoring the Chichester Half Marathon in aid of Children on the Edge, but they are entering a team for the event too.

Cross-party consensus on how best to deliver new housing and infrastructure projects would result in 200,000 new jobs in the construction sector, according to the industry's leading organisations.

Twyford is launching a fun-oriented 'Bathroom Singer of the Year 2014' competition, designed to engage with a wide audience including merchants, distributors, retailers and consumers, as well as raise money for Children in Need.

Chemical water treatment manufacturer, Fernox, has appointed John Tate as technical project engineer.

UK distributor International Decorative Surfaces (IDS) has made two appointments to its team.

Ideal Boilers has introduced an industry-challenging free 10 year warranty on parts and labour for its Vogue Boiler.