Builders and plumbers merchant group Grafton Group is to become one of the first Green Deal Providers.

Screw manufacturer T I Midwood & Co Limited (TIMco) has extended its current range of In-Dex exterior timber screws, designed for multiple wood applications, to provide an efficient solution.

Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has extended its range of attachments for excavators with a new line of heavy duty buckets and quick couplers.

Lafarge Cement has launched its Big Boys Toys competition for a second year, giving builders merchants and their customers the opportunity to win an extreme experience day out.

Insulation supplier Knauf Insulation will be appearing at this year's NMBS Exhibition in Telford on May 16.

Builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation is to hold a one-day course for merchant transport managers.

The remodelling of a Stoke-on-Trent terraced home to the highest environmentally achievable standards will be among projects in the spotlight at a conference at the new Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE).

Chatsworth Computers, the suppliers of software to the merchant industry, is rebranding as Merlin Business Software Limited, from May 1.

North East independent builders and plumbers' merchants Thompson Building Centreshas purchased a new fleet of eco friendly vehicles.

Last weeks' announcement by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker of a revised version of RHPP, which will open for pre-registration on 2nd April has been welcomed by plumbers merchant Plumb Center.