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In an interview with the Sunday Times, Philip Hammond pledged to use the Autumn Budget to announce plans that will help Britain build 300,000 new homes a year.

Methven, the global designer and manufacturer of premium showers and tapware, has announced the appointment of architect George Clarke as its first Brand Ambassador.

National independent plumber’s merchant, Plumbase, has invested in ten new delivery vans to join its fleet in a bid to meet demand from customers for quick and reliable product delivery.

Keyline has recently recognised a number of employees who have a combined 105 years of service to the company.

The chancellor is reportedly planning for special skills villages near building sites to quickly train workers so they would be available almost immediately. According to The Sun, Philip Hammond will set aside funding to train tens of thousands of construction workers to tackle the housing crisis in his budget speech.

This morning, the House of Common’s Home Affairs’ Select Committee has released a report that says the UK Government has insufficient resources to deal with millions more customs’ checks that will be necessary when the UK leaves the EU Customs’ Union.

TI Midwood was named Brand of the Year at the Supplier of the Year awards held by indedepnt builders merchant buying group NBG at the close of its annual conference in Liverpool on Tuesday night.

Builders' merchant Jewson may have been targeted  by hackers trying to steal its customers account details.

Irish merchanting group Grafton saw revenue rising by 9.1% for the ten months to 31 October 2017 to £2.3bn compared with the previous year, it announced in a trading update for the period trading update for the period from 1 July 2017 to 31 ...

ONS figures published today show that construction output contracted 0.9% in the third quarter of 2017.