The new Selborne solid fuel stove from Dimplex is DEFRA-approved for woodburning in UK smoke control areas, with a high efficiency of up to 82%.

The eLIX tap by Carron Phoenix is designed for developers wanting to meet level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolsleley is looking for a new UK managing director with the departure of Rob Marchbanks, the European CEO who was also the UK business' md.

More than 305,000 homes are set to fall below government standards as part of the Decent Homes programme according to a report by the National Audit Office last week.

Members of staff at the Ripon site of builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley have raised £5,000 for two local charities.

Rayburn is showing its support of the new boiler scrappage scheme by reducing the price of its A-rated ultra-efficient Rayburn 480CD gas central heating range cooker by £400.

A fire broke out at Manchester independent builders merchants WJ Lewis at the weekend.

Builders' merchant group, Travis Perkins, has committed to supporting two charities, the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Keech Hospice Care for children, for 2010 and 2011.

Job losses in the construction sector were 19% ahead in the three months to September 2009 than in the same period a year earlier.

Plumbers merchant chain PTS has reacted to a constant stream of installers asking for information on the boiler scrappage scheme with a dedicated leaflet.