With four months to go until the NMBS All Industry Conference 2014, a further four speakers have been added to the event, which is taking place in Tenerife in June.

Construction companies performed well in February, despite output and new business growth easing since the previous month.

Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has agreed a group membership scheme with merchant buying group Fortis.

A team supervisor from the Colchester branch of Burdens helped to save the lives of a mother and her young baby.

A new buying group for the independent merchant sector has been launched by two former Unimer names.

Dimplex Renewables' A-Class is the next generation of high efficiency air source heat pumps capable of delivering full heat output at air temperatures down to -7 degC and a maximum flow temperature of 65 degC.

Marley Eternit's Maxima and Melodie are new large format interlocking clay roof tiles, available in Natural Red, which can both be used at low minimum pitches for greater design flexibility.

Woodscrew brand Bullet is offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be trained by Olympic champion Peter Wilson, MBE.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc has launched its new website created by digital marketing and technology consultancy Amaze.

Welsh Builders merchant Huws Gray is beefing up the offer from its specialist brick centres in order to help its customers round current material shortages.