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An innovative scheme to cut water use has earned cement manufacturer Lafarge Cement two awards at the Environment Agency's Water Efficiency Awards.

House prices rose 0.2% in October, according to Hometrack's national housing survey.

Xella Dry Lining Systems has changed its registered trading name for the UK and Ireland to Fermacell.

According to the latest report from the CIPS/Markit index the fall in construction purchasing accelerated in October.

A multi-million pound proposal for a regeneration scheme to transform the heart of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway was set out today.

Tool manufacturer Stanley Works is to buy its power tools and DIY equipment rival Black & Decker.

HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, visited Halifax-based i-plas to see their recycled building material which is revolutionising construction and building.

Output in the UK construction industry continued to decline in the third quarter of 2009m, the Construction Products Association said today.

A government energy minister, the Mayor of London, the CORGI Trust, and 53 MPs from across the House of Commons have given their support to the campaign, started by Hampshire plumbers' merchant Mick Williams, for a scrappage scheme to help householders replace costly, inefficient boilers.

Scottish Building Federation chief executive Michael Levack has called for a reduction in the rate of VAT levied on building works to help recession-hit firms.