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MP Gordon Birtwistle stressed the importance of apprenticeships when visiting Travis Perkins plc's Harvey Reeves Road branches in Northampton in anticipation of National Apprenticeship Week 2015 (9-13 March).

Wienerberger's Ewhurst brick factory in Surrey was reopened by Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning this morning (March 2).

Builders merchanting group Grafton has completed the acquisition of UK distributor of mechanical engineering products, TG Lynes.

Macerators, pumps and shower cubicles manufacturer Saniflo UK is kicking off the new spring season with a TV ad campaign showing how easy it can be to have an additional bathroom anywhere a water supply can reach.

Angela Rushforth, group managing director of Ridgeons Group Ltd has been signed up by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) to speak at its Members Day in September at the Carden Park Golf Resort & Spa near Chester.

A supplier of police-approved drug and alcohol testing equipment is urging construction firms to enforce random workplace drug and alcohol testing in an effort to reduce both fatal and non-fatal injury at work.

Family-owned timber merchant, Hales Sawmills, has completed the build of a new £5m state-of-the-art timber facility in Market Drayton, which will create more than 15 jobs for local people.

Truck-mounted forklift manufacturer Combilift Ltd. is to invest €40 million over the next two years in a new manufacturing facility.

Builders and plumbers merchant chain Travis Perkins is planning to create a new distribution centre in Coventry. British builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has announced plans to open a new facility.

Brick manufacturer Michelmersh Brick Holdings has completed the expansion of its Sussex-based Freshfield Lane brickworks, which will increase manufacturing capacity by six million bricks.