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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.

The Construction Products Association's has downgraded its latest 2016 growth forecasts for the UK construction industry to 3.6% , from the 3.8% it quoted in the Autumn.

Builders merchants' trade association the Builders Merchants Federation is joining with WWF's Global Forest and Trade Network in the UK to promote responsible forest trade throughout the merchant supply chain.

Adhesives and sealants provider Bostik has extended its sponsorship of The Southern Football League until at least the end of the 2016/17 season, furthering its support of grassroots football through its brand, EVO-STIK.