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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.

The Labour Manifesto published today shows a welcome recognition of the economic and social importance of building more homes, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A team of cyclists from independent builders merchant Huws Gray took on a 180-mile long cycle challenge from Gaerwen (Anglesey) to Cardiff in only 2 days over the Easter weekend to raise funding for Tŷ Gobaith/ Hope House Children's Hospice.

Steve Ashmore is to leave his post as managing director of Wolseley UK at the end of this month.

Former sales director for Aggregate Industries business Bradstone, Mike Leeming, has launched a new paving company selling premium natural stone.