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Builders merchants now have access to a new strategy and business management service from two well-known industry names, Andrew Pine and Mike Rigby.

Independent timber and builders merchant Ridgeons has hired its first apprentice of the year, following a newly formed partnership with Cambridge Regional College.

Builders merchant Jewson teamed up with its charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support to highlight the dangers and risks of skin cancer during last week's Sun Awareness Week.

East Anglian merchant Kent Blaxill has opened a new decorating branch in Fakenham, Norfolk.

A quartet of intrepid riders from builders merchant Gibbs & Dandy are set to embark on a 400-mile cycle ride to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

CCF, the insulation and interior building products distributor part of the Travis Perkins Group, has unveiled an original format at its new Northampton branch they claim reinvents the traditional merchant model.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has welcomed the delivery of a "stable majority Government" following the Conservative victory in the General Election.

Digger company JCB has donated diggers and electrical power generators worth around $1m to support the relief effort in earthquake-hit Nepal.

Wienerberger has announced that the first e4 brick house™ will be officially opened on 16th June by Lord John Prescott at BRE's Innovation Park, as part of the park's 10th anniversary celebrations.

UK construction companies saw growth slow up sharply in April, with output and new orders expanding at the slowest rates since June 2013, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index® survey.