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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.

Sheffield indepdent builders merchant Pagets Builders Merchants Limited has become accredited as a Living Wage employer.

Swallows of Helston Gymnastics Club has completed a renovation thanks to a donation of £1,000 worth of building materials from RGB Building Supplies' Porthleven branch.

Rugby legend and Celebrity MasterChef winner Phil Vickery MBE has been giving life on the production line a try, visiting Heatrae Sadia’s factory in Norwich for a behind the scenes tour of how the Aquatap drinking water unit is made.

Thirty HGV drivers are sought by Hope Construction Materials, to operate the company's new fleet of Renault trucks.

Independent Welsh builders merchant Robert Price Builders' Merchants has raised £4,000 for charity by completing the 'South Wales 3 Peaks Trial. '

Manufacturer Bond It has made two six figure investments with a total value of almost £1/2 million into its production capabilities as it continues with its expansion plans.

An eighth consecutive quarter of increasing sales has given construction product manufacturers reason to be optimistic with future growth anticipated, according to the Construction Products Association's latest State of Trade Survey.

Increasing shortages of bricks and bricklayers will threaten Britain's future house building plans, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned.