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"Investment in the construction industry is running at a higher rate now than at anytime since 2000". So says the latest survey by the Construction Products Association (CPA).

The BMF’s Product Support Strategy has gained the backing of Local Authority Building Control (LABC).

Timber importers, Premier Forest Products have bucked the trend for flat sales by reporting record turnover for the past year.

British Gypsum are reducing their vehicle-based CO2 emissions by utilising a rail service between their Kirkby Thore works in Cumbria and customers in central Scotland.

City Plumbing Supplies, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has extended its range of eco-friendly products in response to consumer demand.

Builders who actively use the internet to market their business and gain enquiries plan to grow their businesses at double the rate of those businesses currently not online, says a recent report about UK SMEs.

Builders merchants might be unwittingly breaking the law when it comes to the use of fork lift trucks warns Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS).

"Shrouded in mystery" that is the conclusion of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) in response to an independent report it commissioned from Oxford University about how minimum wage increases are set.

UK plastic piping and sanitary systems company Polypipe have announced a major refinancing scheme to allow for future growth.

Commercial building activity rose in July according to the latest industry report.