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The Welsh Government’s announcement that £30m will be pumped into the Wales Property Development Fund to improve access to finance for small Welsh construction firms will help to increase house building, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Cymru.

Two employees from the Farnham branch of Rudridge have completed the challenge of a lifetime and raised £3,200 by cycling from Paris to Geneva in memory of a much-missed former colleague.

History has been made with the first jumbo train of 34 wagons and 660 metres long departing from Associated British Ports rail terminal in Cardiff and travelling to Acton in London.

A group of employees from Elliotts Builders Merchant, the South’s leading independent supplier of building products for the trade and public, will ride 550 miles across France this September to raise money for cervical cancer charity, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust.

The Crystal Clear Group has confirmed a three Conference sponsorship arrangement with the Builders Merchants Federation.

Independent builders merchant Elliotts has joined in with the effort to help re-build Barbuda following Hurricane Irma.

The Mayor of Wakefield, Keith Barker, helped the city's BPC Building Products celebrate its 40th anniversary tbis week.

The Housing and Planning Minister Alok Sharma has told builders merchants that housing is a major priority for this Government and welcomed plans by brick maker Ibstock to invest £50 million in a new factory in Leicestershire.

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Five youngsters in the builders merchant industry walked away with prizes from the BMJ BMF Young Achiever Awards 2017 last night (September 20).

In memory of Charlie Waller, Max Mossman will set off on a 3000-mile pedalo journey across the Atlantic, voyaging from Gran Canaria to Antigua to raise money and awareness for mental health in young men.