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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.

East Anglian independent builders’ merchants Ridgeons has opened a new showroom at its Cambridge North branch in Nuffield Road, Cambridge.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) predicts that the construction industry in Wales will grow faster than any other party of the UK.

The Government is right to relax planning rules to make it easier for homeowners and businesses to build additional storeys, according to the Builders Merchants’ Federation (BMF).

Norbord Europe, market leader in engineered wood panels, has won the Scotland Division Buildbase Supplier of the Year award at the recent Buildbase conference in Hinckley Island, Leicestershire. 

Apprenticeship starts have decreased by a more than third in November 2017 compared with November 2016, highlighting the need to reform the apprenticeship levy system, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).