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Jewson announced today that their national service centre has achieved the Investors in People (IIP) Standard within a year of their initial assessment.

North Yorkshire Timber (NYT) has acquired North Shields-based family company Tom Swan Builders' Merchants.

TV presenter and comedian Nick Hancock has been announced as guest host of THE Conference, which is taking place this year in Tenerife, 26-29 June, jointly organised by BMJ, BMF, UNIMER and NMBS.

The sale of Tarmac has been put on hold and may not now go ahead after US parent company Anglo American performed an about face earlier this week.

The latest trading update from B&Q parent Kingfisher plc, for the fourth quarter, show a like-for-like sales decline for the multiple DIY chain despite a small rise in total sales.

Profitability is getting tougher to achieve according to the BMF's annual Merchant Industry KPI Report, which compares financial performance ration from a representative sample of merchant businesses across the country.

Wolseley's internal communications team has bagged five awards at the Communicators in Business (CiB) Regional Awards.

Heatrae Sadia's southern divisional sales manager Simon Russell is running the London Marathon on April 13 to raise money for leukaemia charity the Anthony Nolan Trust.

Build Center, part of the Wolseley group, will open specialist 'Landscape Centers' across the UK next month.

Timber and panel products distributor James Latham are to establish their first Scottish site at the Eurocentral business park in Lanarkshire, bringing their total number of sites to 10.