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There is unlikely to be any real recovery in the construction industry before 2011, and it might be a further 10 years before output is back to 2007 levels.

Shower manufacturer Hansgrohe has relaunched its Aquademie showroom at the UK head office in Esher.

The industry may be nearing the bottom in terms of falling output, according to the latest Ernst and Young/Construction Products Association Activity Barometer.

BSS Industrial has opened its first stand alone branch dedicated entirely to drainage.

Members of staff at plumbers merchant PTS' Cornwall and Devon branches teamed up last month to raise money for the NSPCC.

Cambridgeshire independent builders' merchant The Deepings Trading Company is supplying the materials for the sustainable refurbishment of a former public house.

Many of the construction industry's key figures were among the VIP guests to be given an exclusive tour of Hanson's new £50m brick factory at Measham in Leicestershire last week.

HBXL, the building software company, has combined forces with Keyline Builders' Merchants.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has seen turnover slide by 11% for the nine months to September 26, its interim management statement said this morning.

Speculation that builders merchant group Travis Perkins could be lining up to takeover competitor Galiform pushed the former's share price up to 835p this morning and the latter's up to 79p.