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Midlands independent plumbing and heating merchant Pochin has won an award for its pioneering work giving ex-offenders and the homeless a chance to gain work experience and a reference to help in finding a job.

Elliotts, the Hampshire-based builders merchant, has been handed a prestigious business award and is shortlisted for another trio of gongs.

Ridgeons, the lndependent timber and builders merchant in the East of England, has announced that it will support Macmillan Cancer Support as its chosen charity until the end of 2017.

Ian Purvis, a fan of the Kent Spitfires cricket team, who won a £1,200 Smeg fridge-freezer at the opening NatWest T20 Blast match against Sussex Sharks.

The running team from Welsh builders merchants Huws Gray successfully completed the Chester Half Marathon last week (May 17).

RGB Building Supplies is donating £1,000 worth of building materials to Barnstaple based care home, Pilton House, helping them to create a memory lane corridor.

The Builders Merchants Federationhas been shortlisted for two prestigious Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards - Membership Success and Magazine of the Year.

Builders merchant, Gibbs & Dandy, has invested in its delivery service with the purchase of 15 new vehicles.

International Timber has signed a deal with Dura Composites to become the exclusive UK importer of its fast-growing composite timber decking and cladding product ranges.

The construction industry reported an eighth consecutive quarter of growth, according to the latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Products Association, published this morning (May 13).