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Builders merchant employees Kerry Duckworth from Kirkby Building Supplies and Andy Ankers from JT Dove have walked off with this year's Apprentice of the Year awards from the Builders Merchants Federation.

A £13 million deal to buy unsold homes off the market was announced this week, as part of the Government's programme of action to tackle the housing market crisis.

Builders merchant group Wolseley is making swingeing cuts in its US presence, in an attempt to mitigate losses due to the sharp downturn in new housing starts in the States.

One in three new detached houses being built is now a self-build project, while volume house building slumps to its lowest levels, so building material manufacturers and suppliers are being urged to consider the self-build sector as a more effective target market.

Newton Abbott based sports club Decoy BMX Race Club has been rebuilding its racetrack using Postcrete to secure the fence, donated by Lafarge Cement.

Heating and hot water product suppliers Worcester, Bosch Group have launched a nationwide consumer campaign to help Britain save money.

An employee at Lincoln builders merchants Jackson Building Centres has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, five years after his first attempt at the climb.

JT Atkinson & Sons, the northern independent builders merchants have bought Hathaway & Hoyle Timber Merchants in Stockton-on-Tees.

Newcastle-based builders merchants JT Dove have opened a new merchant branch in Newburn, to the north of Newcastle.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins are to begin cost cutting measures to reduce costs by £65m across their builders, plumbing and heating, joinery merchant and retailing operations. The builders merchants also intend to cut capital expenditure, and will probably not pay a final dividend to shareholders, an interim statement released today reveals.