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BSW Timber Limited has acquired Stirling-based forestry and timber harvesting company Tilhill Forestry Limited from UPM.

Plumbers merchant Plumbase has officially opened its new kitchen and bathroom showroom in Colne, Lancashire.

Selco Builders Warehouse is celebrating two landmark branch anniversaries by giving charities and community groups the chance to build a brighter future in a special competition.

Racking specialist Filplastic, which counts many of the UK's largest builders' merchants among its clients, has announced it has racked up a 22% increase in annual sales.

The Howarth Timber Group, which encompasses a network of 28 timber and builders merchant branches across the country, has produced a distinctive purple wheelbarrow that will raise much needed funds for a national children's charity.

Pat Ward, CEO of Aggregate Industries Europe, has agreed to join rival aggregates business Breedon in the same role from early next year.

Manufacturer of garden timber products, Forest Garden Group, has been fined after a worker sustained a serious injury to his left hand at its Lockerbie sawmill site.

The tool distribution market grew by 8% in 2014 as a result of higher levels of construction and RMI activity, according to new industry figures.

The number of new homes being registered to be built across the UK continues to outperform 2014 levels but is still way below the volumes of homes needed, according to the latest National House Building Council (NHBC) figures for July.

A new awareness campaign urging landlords to go above and beyond the minimum requirements of the government's new alarms legislation for private rental properties is set to boost demand for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.