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Timber suppliers James Donaldson & Sons Ltd have bought the assets of Palgrave Brown, the roof truss and engineered timber manufacturers. Palgrave Brown went into administration last month with the loss of 450 jobs .

Builders merchant chain Wolseley UK have won a major environmental award for their Sustainable Building Center.

Jewson, the builders merchant chain, have joined forces with the Health and Safety Executive to help warn tradesmen of the dangers of asbestos.

Tony Newman, former sales director of builders merchant chain Jewson, has appeared before police in Coventry to answer bail. He is one of five men on bail in connection with a police inquiry into suspected fraud of £1m at the builders merchant.

Everbuild Building Products have acquired the distribution rights to GEO-FIX, the market leading brush-applied paving jointing compound.

The NBG builders merchants buying group is the best placed to get members through the tough times ahead, according to executive chairman Allan Durning.

Lincoln-based builders merchants Jackson Building centes opened their 26th branch yesterday, in Alford, Lincolnshire.

The Builders Merchants Federation have slammed proposed legislation that would make merchants responsible for ensuring that all CE marked products in stock actually comply with their declaration of conformity.

A hard-hitting short film by the BWF-CERTIFIRE Fire Door & Doorset Scheme shows the vital importance of fit for purpose fire doors in protecting lives and property.

Cargotec, the materials handling people, are bringing together their Hiab and Moffett sales and service operations in the UK.