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Private equity firm 3i is understood to be considering selling its stake in the UK's largest independent builders merchant, MKM Building Supplies.

In response to the growing number of customers using mobile and tablet devices to visit their online offering, plumbers merchant Graham has launched a new responsive website designed to make browsing and ordering easier for its customers.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has welcomed proposals made in the Liberal Democrat manifesto to meet the UK's housing needs and the training needed to achieve this.

Long Rake Spar has announced its appointment as the preferred decorative aggregate supplier to the National Buying Group (NBG) and the Bradfords Group.

Builders merchants, DIY retailers and garden centre buyers have just two weeks left to register to visit the final Toolbank spring trade shows of 2015.

The Indy Race Circuit at Brands Hatch in Kent hosted the start of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB races where professional motorsport race car driver, Mark Cole took to the international track in full force in the Porsche 911 GT3 Nicholls & Clarke race car.

Legendary football manager Harry Redknapp has opened the latest branch of independent builders merchant Elliotts.

Independent family-owned builders merchant George Bence and Son has opened a new Obsidian kitchen and bathroom showroom in Bourton-on-the-Water.

The UK's largest independent builders merchant, MKM Building Supplies, are now an approved Visqueen Damp Protection Centre, giving customers access to the full Visqueen Damp Protection range.

Construction output is estimated to increase 5.5% in 2015 according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association CPA, but growth is expected to slow in the following two years due to the impacts of election uncertainty.