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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.

Northern Irish builders merchants JP Corry, have been awarded Chain of Custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) for a wide range of timber products.

Saint Gobain, parent company of builders merchants Jewson and plumbers merchants Graham has stopped buying vehicles from LDV after the Birmingham van-makers went into financial difficulties.

Builders merchant group Wolseley is to close the distribution centres in Didcot and Chorley, as part of its programme to cut costs and increase efficiencies.

The latest research from accountants PriceWaterhouseCoopers found that nine construction firms a day are going out of business.

Sales at cement manufacturers Cemex fell 43% to $190m in the first quarter of 2009, according to the global cement company's report, published this morning.

Irish builders merchants chain Grafton Group plc has seen turnover fall 22% to £420m for the first three months of this year.

Landscaping and quarrying company Marshalls have been fined for pouring too much effluent into a West Yorkshire watercourse.