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Greenworks Training Academy hit its 100,000 training hours milestone in November, the equivalent of an installer working eight hours a day, five days a week, for the last 50 years.

Manufacturers and distributors of construction products run thousands of training programmes for the builders and tradespeople who install their products. An opportunity exists to put that training on a formal footing with nationally recognised qualifications, according to a report from the Construction Products Association (CPA).

Travis Perkins plc has been highly commended at the East Midlands final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2015.

Ibstock Brick is set to bring an additional 100m bricks per year to the UK construction market, having secured planning permission to proceed with new state-of-the-art facility in Ibstock.

The latest Report on Jobs, published by KPMG and the REC, highlighted slower, but still robust, growth of demand for permanent and temporary staff in the construction sector during October.

Timber merchant Harlow Bros Holdings has announced the acquisition of Bolt Building Supplies.

Cllr Nick Forbes, the Leader of Newcastle City Council, visited JT Dove Builders' Merchant this week at its head office in Newburn, Newcastle to meet with eight graduates of the trainee scheme and present awards to two long service employees.

A slow down in global demand for its machines has caused construction plan manufacturer JCB to announce a possible further round of redundancies.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG has presented its top suppliers with wards, in recognition of their efforts to build and maintain profitable partnerships over the past year.

In 2015, the value of the UK shower equipment market is expected to have increased by around 4% compared to 2014, reflecting steady growth in the building and home improvement markets.