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Purmo, the radiator people, have announced their sadness at the death of their colleague Peter Brooke, who died from a heart attack at the wheel of his car last month. He was 58.

The recession in construction has caused 33 jobs to be lost at the head office of Lincoln builders merchants Jackson Building Centres.

The rate at which UK house prices are falling increased in January, but not by as much as the Nationwide or Halifax figures, according to the government's house price index.

Roofing materials and insulation specialist distributors SIG are to consider a range of options, including raising extra capital.

Tony Booth, a product development manager at builders merchant group Buildbase is one of the first three students to pass the new MOL training module on Sustainable Products.

Greenworks, the umbrella sustainable products brand of builders merchants Jewson and plumbers merchant Graham, have launched a series of 20 specialist training courses for installers on renewable energy.

The consumer launch of the Get Britain Building Campaign this Friday has been given a boost now that the possibility of 5% VAT on home repairs and maintenance work has moved a step closer.

Builders merchant group Wolseley have fallen out of the FTSE 100 share index as housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is promoted back into the FTSE 250 index.

European finance ministers have agreed that that member states may set their own rates of VAT on a range of sectors. The move could see the rate in the UK reduced to 5% for home maintenance and repairs.

The chairman of the Construction Products Association, Adrian Barden, has written to Lord Mandelson to warn of more major industry job losses and to urge him to ensure the government delivers the construction programmes it has already committed to.