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Mike Pollard from ForgeFix has successfully completed the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon for charity.

John Nicholls Building and Plumbing Merchants have been awarded the Established Business Award at the Cherwell Business Awards.

CEMEX UK has announced that it has “robust contingency plans” in place to manage any industrial action by members of the Unite union.

 Some construction materials could be in short supply for a while after HGV drivers at Cemex UK Operations Ltd, overwhelmingly voted for industrial action in a dispute over pay.

Grafton Group, the Irish builders and plumbers merchant group saw like for like revenue increase by 4.5% in the four months to April 30. The Group made the trading update announcement in advance of its AGM on Tuesday May 9.

Imperial Bricks, the leading traditional handmade brick supplier in the UK, has created an app to help merchants identify the right brick for their projects. Whether out on site or in the office, the app makes it easy to view Imperial’s entire range of bricks and the relevant technical data.  

Irish brick maker Lagan Brick has noticed a sharp upturn in demand for its range of clay bricks.

A Stockport-based air conditioning contractor has been bought by builders’ merchants Travis Perkins.

Continuing to extend its buying options for customers, major timber merchant Arnold Laver & Co Ltd has been awarded a Grown in Britain chain of custody licence, enabling British-grown timber and wood products in its range to be positively identified and promoted.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has written to each of the major political parties in the run up to the General Election asking them to commit to supporting Britain’s builders merchant industry in their manifesto.