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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.

Builders merchant Gibbs & Dandy has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the up-and-coming Lynn Ladies FC.

Distributor of timber and panel products, International Timber, has joined the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).

Up to £30 million in vouchers are to be released for homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes after the government reopened the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.

The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has welcomed the announcement that the government will allocate a further £30million to boost its Green Deal energy efficiency scheme.

Angela Rushforth, managing director at East Anglian independent timber and builders merchant Ridgeons, will be announced as the first female Chair of the Confederation British Industry (CBI) East of England Regional Council from next month (January).

The Builders Merchants Federation's Young Merchants group voted unanimously to elect Jamie Pierce, marketing manager of Parker Building Supplies as Chair and Victoria Fiddies, regional sales manager of Catnic, as Vice Chair at its November meeting held at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has welcomed the Chancellor's overhaul of the Stamp Duty and the doubling of the Small Business Rate Relief for a further year.

The Autumn Statement offered no clarity on the Government's plans for apprenticeship funding reform, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

In the middle of National Tree Week (29th November to 7th December), Snows Timber is celebrating its own engagement with sustainable forests and wood supply, marking 10 years of its dual FSC® and PEFC™ chain of custody certification through BM TRADA.