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Two 'wood-be' mountaineers who raised more than £5,000 after scaling Africa's highest peak have handed over the cash to a charity that is close to their hearts.

Unique Plumbing Supplies has joined leading merchant group The IPG, bringing its total members to 145.

The Builders Merchants Federation is arranging a very special Gala Dinner to conclude the BMF All Industry Conference in Budapest in June.

It’s estimated that in the construction industry 400,000 days are being lost annually to work-related stress, anxiety and depression and in CEMEX this relates to around 15% of all absences.

Plumbing and heating merchant buying group PHG presented its 2016 Supplier of the Year awards at an event at the Carden Park Hotel in Chester.

Baxi is sponsoring Amanda Sowerby and her Streetbikes team as they cycle 260 miles from Dortmund to Huddersfield Town in May 2017. The cyclists will be raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Selco Builders Warehouse has launched a hectic summer of branch openings which will cement its position as the UK’s fastest growing builders merchant.
 

Andrew Harrison of Travis Perkins plc, Shanker Patel of Lords Group and Ian Haldane of the Haldane Shiells Group have been elected to the Board of the Builders Merchants Federation with effect from 1 July 2017.

The next Government must ensure the construction sector has enough skilled workers post-Brexit or its housing and infrastructure manifesto pledges will be redundant, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Builders and plumbers merchant group Travis Perkins increased revenue by 4.6% to £6.22bn in the 12 months to December 31 2016, the group’s year-end results have revealed.