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A number of construction sites across the UK have ground to a halt due to heavy snow, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A group of employees from Elliotts Builders Merchant, the South’s leading independent supplier of building products for the trade and public, have been awarded with Diplomas in Merchanting by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).

The Government has announced that the fifth round of the Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) in England is open for expressions of interest.

?NMBS, the UK's leading buying society for independent builders', plumbing and heating, timber and hardware merchants, has confirmed a further speaker for its 2018 All-Industry Conference.

A Bournemouth builders’ merchant has proved right on target for young army cadets in the region after donating materials to help build a new outdoor firing range.

Rudridge is sponsoring a mammoth fundraising effort by a son whose father lost his life to cancer. Aaron McSkimming, from AD Bly Construction in Hertfordshire, will be running the Virgin London Marathon again on Sunday 22nd April 2018, alongside his cousin Kevin McSkimming and colleague Marc Hilton.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins plc saw revenue grow 3.5% to £6,433m for the 12 months ending December 31 2017.

Another set of positive sales figures for the final Quarter of 2017 published in the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) Quarter 4 report reflects the continued strength of the sector’s primary markets – private housebuilding and domestic repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI).

PTS and City Plumbing Supplies are launching a ground-breaking new funding framework at Ecobuild for renewable heating, which could result in a substantial surge in work for contractors from social housing providers.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) steps into the world of espionage with the latest speaker to be announced for BMF Members’ Day in September.