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The British Woodworking Federation, whose members manufacture approaching three million fire doors in the UK each year, has welcomed Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim recommendations on the regulatory structure, however, it has called for the establishment of a Building Safety Fund.

Shower enclosure manufacturer Lakes Bathrooms has won the ‘The Customer Intimacy Award’ at Graham’s annual conference in December.

East Anglian builders merchant grup Ridgeons has opened a new PlumbStock branch at its Nuffield Road branch in Cambridge.

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Intact Software held two customer conferences for it's leading ERP software product, Intact iQ, in the Gusiness Storehouse, Dublin and Mercedes Benz World, Surrey in November. 

Northern Irish plumbers merchant Bassetts is investing £2m across its branch network.

Brian Blanchard has been installed as the new Master of the builders merchants livery company, the Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants.

Kerridge Commercial Systems is to acquire Lakeview Computers based in Dartford.

Insulation manufacturer Superglass is to invest £37m in its manufacturing facility in Stirling, Scotland to double capacity from 27,000 tonnes to 60,000 tonnes annually within two years.

More than 90% of MPs think that converting empty spaces above shops could help reverse the current housing shortage, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Following a public vote, Torrington-based animal charity K9Focus has been announced as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund.