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The Government has published its consultation document on proposed changes to Part L of the Building Regulations but has fallen short of including mandatory energy improvements when building extensions.

Builders merchants Travis Perkins are to redevelop their branch in Bridport, Dorset, now that permission has been given to open a cut-price supermarket next door.

Independent builders merchant chain MKM Building Supplies saw turnover rise 22% to £130.8m in the year ending September 30 2008, their accounts have revealed.

Arbor Forest Products Ltd have launched an online training academy for the timber trading industry.

A Lancashire brick merchant has sold 250,000 Ibstock bricks to a top-end development in the United Arab Emirates.

A burglary at Keyline Builders Merchants in Hinckley saw the thieves get away with fencing panels and sewage fittings.

The annual conference of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association will be held at the Carden Park Hotel in Chester in on October 20.

Branches of builders merchants Travis Perkins were among those defrauded of thousands of pounds by eight people last year.

Specialist civils merchants Burdens have bought Total Pipeline Specialists (TPS).

Stock Building Supply, the spun-off Wolseley US arm, is likely to lose almost half its outlets and a further 2,200 jobs as part of the recovery plan, according to documents submitted as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.