Irish and UK builders and plumbers merchant group Grafton Group plc saw sales rise 6% to €2.2 billion in the year ended 31 December 2012.

Knauf Insulation has secured an agreement with the independent builders merchant buying group Combined Buying Association (CBA) to supply its Earthwool® glass mineral wool throughout 2013 and 2014.

The UK's biggest business leaders want the Chancellor to use his next Budget to give a big boost for housing.

KPMG joint administrators, Mark Firmin, Howard Smith and Paul Flint, were yesterday appointed to TAPS plumbing merchants, part of the A Thompson & Sons business.

The latest figures from ONS published today (March 8) show that construction output fell sharply in January, with falls across almost every sector of the £100bn industry.

The joint administrators of Sunderland independent builders merchant A Thompson & Sons Ltd have announced that all branches have closed.

Independent family-run builders merchant Thompsons is in administration thanks to the taxman.

Martyn Bridges, director of marketing and technical support at Worcester, Bosch Group, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Oil Firing Technical Association, OFTEC.

Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has signed up the Right Honourable Michael Portillo for this year's BMF all-industry conference.

JG Speedfit are to sponsor Newcastle-based bike racer, Joe Burns, in the Metzeler Superstock 1000 National Championship in April this year.