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Builders’ merchants saw major increases in sales of Tools (+12.3%), Plumbing Heating & Electrical (+11.4%) and Heavy Building Materials (+11.1%) in October 2017. That's according to the ‘Builders Merchants Building Index' which tracks ...

The Construction Products Association has welcomed the publication of the interim report from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety.

Hackitt Review into the Building Regulations offer a positive step forward to address a multitude of failings within the construction industry and among its regulators, according to the Federation of Master Builders.

Builders merchant group MKM has helped restore pathways at one of Yorkshire’s most iconic heritage sites.UNESCO World Heritage Site Studley Royal & Fountains Abbey has re-laid around 500 square metres of pathway within the abbey’s cloister ...

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.