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Independent builders merchant, Parker Building Supplies, managed to raise over £15,000 for charity partner Teenage Cancer Trust at its annual golf day, breaking its own record for funds raised in a single event.

On Wednesday 15th July winners of Hopkins Concrete's F1 Grand-Prix competition, launched at their Bridgwater one year anniversary event and trade expo, took to the track at Nigel Mansell's Raceway.

RGB Building Supplies' 'Well Built Community Fund' has helped Tiverton based Healthy Babies UK, a pregnancy and postnatal community interest company, complete a renovation with £1,000 worth of building materials.

Building materials giant Hanson UK has published its 2015 performance and sustainability report, which sets out progress against a range of targets covering people, carbon, water, waste and raw materials.

Rising activity in the SME construction sector threatens to be undermined by the prevailing skills shortage, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned.

Canadian company Masonite International Corporation has bought Performance Doorset Solutions Limited, the Greater Manchester supplier of custom doors and windows.

IDS, distributor of surface materials, held a series of open days for its customers in May and June, with the three branches involved reporting a footfall increase of up to 50% during the events.

Fourteen W.Howard Group employees have raised £2800 for the Wigan and Leigh Hospice by undertaking a gruelling cycling challenge from Manchester United's Theatre of Dreams to Blackpool.

Independent East Anglian builders merchant Ridgeons has announced the appointment of a new managing director, Nick Sims.

The Government has announced it is ending funding for the Green Deal, citing low take-up and concerns about industry standards as its reasoning for the closure.