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Builders merchants Travis Perkins have seen a fall in sales of 19% on a like-for-like basis at their merchanting division for the first four months of 2009.

Tile and stone retailers Tile Depot are now selling bathroom suites alongside their tile ranges, both in-store and on-line.

A campaigner who failed in a bid to limit operations at Cemex's Rugby Cement works may have to pay £88,000 in costs.

Heidelberg Cement, the German parent of building materials suppliers Hanson lost 63m euros in the first quarter of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008.

Saniflo sales director, Tim Pestell is to ride through France from the English Channel to the Mediterranean in aid of the Cancer Research charity.

Building materials group Lafarge have renewed their partnership with the WWF for another four years.

Builders merchant group Wolseley have won a West Midlands environmental award for their Sustainable Building Center in Leamington Spa.

Jewson and Graham parent company Saint-Gobain have seen sales fall 15% for the first quarter of the year.

The UK construction industry continued to contract in April though the speed at which it did so slowed considerably, according to a new survey.

A builders merchant, who stole £40,000 from his employer to build a house in Tunisia, has been jailed for nine months.