Cylinder manufacturer Gledhill has appointed Sharon Rawlins as its national sales manager.

The UK Green Building Council has responded to the latest Green Deal statistics which show that 626 homes have now installed energy efficiency measures through the Green Deal.

The Green Deal has been given a lukewarm verdict, scoring just two out of five in a one-year anniversary "report card" from the Federation of Master Builders which says the Government must try harder to broaden the appeal of its flagship energy-efficiency policy.

East Midlands independent plumbing and heating merchant Pochin has bought Stourbridge plumbers merchant Plumbwares.

Following an early review, the government has agreed to extend the Trade Credit Enterprise Finance Guarantee pilot scheme, which the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has made available to its members.

An employee of independent builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies is to chair a University of Brighton Water Efficiency in Building Network masterclass.

The builders merchant only policy from Wrekin Products, products for civil engineering, worked for Bradfords Building Supplies to help Dorset County Council resolve its growing problem of gully grate theft.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins Group will be exhibiting at the Milton Keynes Job show on Saturday 25 January.

Sheffield tool distributor George Marshall Power Tools Ltd has taken on the CounterAct system from Border Merchant Systems.

BSS Industrial has provided a range of high-quality materials to the flagship tri-deck 155 Yacht from Sunseeker International, with the first of its type commissioned by Formula 1 star Eddie Jordan.