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Preston-based builders and plumbers merchant OBAS UK Ltd has lent a helping hand to a unique enterprise project run by Bolton Lads and Girls Club, Renov8.

Paving and walling specialists, Kilsaran International, has become the first paving company to gain the ISO50001 accreditation in implementing an enterprise-wide energy management system.

Liverpool-based software firm Q4Ex, provider of cloud-based software services to builders merchants and distribution businesses, has been bought by web hosting company Daily Internet.

Two teams from timber and builders merchant Covers have begun training in earnest ahead of tackling the challenging Pennine Way Mega Trek in July next year, raising funds to improve children's healthcare.

With weather forecasters predicting the UK may be facing its wettest winter for 30 years, independent merchant Rudridge has warned businesses large and small they should be aware of and prepared for the devastating impact of floodwater.

Norbord and Ainsworth Lumber have signed an agreement under which they will merge, creating one of the largest oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturers across North America, Europe and Asia.

Supplier BSW Timber has pledged its support for WWF-UK's Forest Campaign to tackle global forest destruction.

Kitchen supplier Rixonway Kitchens has been sold by private equity firm August Equity and its management team to Nobia AB of Sweden in a deal worth £34m.

A new helpline has been launched by construction industry charity the Lighthouse Club to support the industry's workforce and their families.

A shortage of bricklayers must be addressed by an increase in the number of construction apprenticeships, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).