The Builders Merchants Federation is saddened to hear of the death of former BMF President Ian Robey OBE, after a long illness.

Pegler Yorkshire has appointed a new market manager for its dedicated taps and mixers division, covering bathroom and kitchen products under the Francis Pegler and Performa brands.

Trussed rafter people Pasquill and builders merchant Gibbs and Dandy have worked together on some very interesting roofs for a development of homes in Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire.

Builders merchant group Grafton Merchanting GB is taking advantage of under the government's Trade Credit Enterprise Finance Guarantee (TCEFG) scheme.

Builders and timber merchant group Ridgeons has raised £6,000 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance through its fundraising efforts during the year.

East Anglian independent builders merchant Kent Blaxill in Colchester has raised a total of £2,700 during November.

The Local Merchant Group, the division of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution which includes Gibbs & Dandy, DHS, Normans and Frazer held a national conference for a hundred of its leading suppliers.

Saint-Gobain's new charity partners in the UK and Ireland for 2014 and 2015 will be Macmillan Cancer Support and the Irish Cancer Society.

The Builders Merchants Federation says the government's Autumn Statement missed an opportunity for genuine reform taxes.

A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined after an employee severed three fingers in an unguarded roller conveyor.