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Members of staff at Newcastle builders merchant JT Dove are aiming to raise £5,000 for their nominated charity - Toma Fund - this year.

The Bicester branch of builders merchant Travis Perkins is helping a local playgroup whose building was condemned.

Everbuild Building Products, the manufacturer of sealants, adhesives, fillers and building chemicals, has doubled the size of its fleet of branded articulated vehicles.

Construction market activity fell again during the second quarter of 2009 according to the latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Products Association.

Three members of staff at Middlesex builders merchants Crescent Building Supplies cycled from London to Brighton to raise money for the British heart Foundation.

Building materials giant Hanson could sell off some of its businesses - including the brick division - as early as the end of 2009, according to press speculation.

Timber and builders merchants, Covers invited Nicholas Soames MP to visit his local branch last month to enlist his support in the Get Britain Building campaign.

A builders merchant in Northamptonshire lost three quarters of its stock of power tools in a raid by a gang of thieves.

Builders merchant group Wolseley UK has developed a new system for its timber suppliers in anticipation of new EU legislation to crack down on illegal timber.

Brick manufacturer Wienerberger, has opened a new distribution depot in Somerset.