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Builders and timber merchant Howarth Timber and Building Supplies took part in a Fire Safety and Protection seminar hosted by Johnstone's Trade.

Wheelchair-friendly trackways and a new ramped activity platform have been constructed over the winter at Calvert Trust Exmoor, the accessible adventure holiday centre for the disabled, using the SnowGrip anti-slip decking donated on behalf of Snows Timber's decking customers in 2015.

MKM Building Supplies has reported record sales for the year ending September 30 2015, with turnover up 18% on the previous year.

The BMF has voiced concerns that builders merchants who are unwilling to take on apprentices may lose out when the UK Government introduces the new Apprenticeship Levy in April next year.

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries has been set up, with more than 40 parliamentarians signed up already.

Staff from TG Builders Merchants were taken on a Scandinavian journey of discovery at the Holmen Sawmill in Braviken, Sweden, as part of Arbor Forest Products' 'Trading Closer' initiative.

Wales-based builders merchant Huws Grayhas bought three companies in St Helens; ST Group, Qualplas and Cornerstone Building & Landscaping Products.

The first team of locally based football team Swinton Athletic has taken delivery of a set of brand new training hoodies - courtesy of local employer Stelrad Radiators in Mexborough, in South Yorkshire.

Builders merchant MP Moran is to support a local charity called Sparkles.

The Brick Development Association, representing brick manufacturers in the UK, has responded to what it sees as "highly misleading and unhelpful" comment from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.