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Sales of building materials, after adjustments for inflation and differences in trading days, fell 4.4% during the last three months of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006 according to the latest figures from the BMF.

It's set to be a year of expansion for Welsh builders merchant Huws Gray after they announced the acquisition of a mid-Wales merchant.

East Exhibitions, organisers of The Timber Show due to take place on March 11-13 at London's ExCeL, have announced that the show will no longer take place.

The Heat Project has reported record applications for free loft and cavity wall insulation since the introduction of an over-70s category under the governments Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) last week.

The first of six properties designed to show case state-of-the-art energy efficient housing was officially opened on January 30 at The University of Nottingham.

UK shower manufacturer Roman, have raised more than £4,000 for charity during the past 12 months.

Cemex have appointed Gonzalo Galindo as new country president for the business in the UK with immediate effect.

Kent Blaxill officially opened their new branch in Braintree last Friday (February 1) with a charity balloon launch.

Don't let the government reduction in Health & Safety funding be an excuse to cut corners warns one industry insider.

The BSS Group have issued their interim management statement for the period from October 1 2007 to January 31 2008.