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Sustainable building exhibition Ecobuild has unveiled its full conference programme for its 2015 show, with a host of big name industry and Westminster speakers set to appear.

The Howarth Timber Group is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2015 and has a line-up of events, competitions and roadshows planned to mark the occasion in style.

Wiltshire Police are asking for help in identifying the make and age of a shovel linked to a murder investigation.

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley has announced it is exploring the option of exiting its remaining building materials business in France.

As part of a tour of the area looking at business growth, the Minister of State for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, Matthew Hancock MP, visited the Penzance branch of RGB Building Supplies on Friday 9th January.

Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin has paid a visit to IKO PLC's new state-of-the-art mastic asphalt and hot melt factory at Grangemill Quarry, Derbyshire, opened at the end of 2014.

Fast-growing UK merchant buying group IBC has unveiled a "fresh, innovative and informative" new website and members guide.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has released the first examples of top line data generated by Gfk's new Builders Merchants Panel to its members, which projects total annual sales for the whole general builders merchants channel in excess of £6bn.

Independent plumbers merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS) has officially opened its 31st branch in Bracknell, Berkshire.

Social housing group Sovini has opened a 'one stop shop' trade store for housing associations, house builders and repairs and maintenance firms in the North West.