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An exemption for small sites from the off-site elements of the zero carbon standard will allow more new homes to be built by small local builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

A new recruit at shower company Triton is hoping to buck a national trend by encouraging more young female engineers to follow her lead and take up a career in the manufacturing.

Figures released today (20th November) reveal that the number of contracts for new homes increased for the sixth consecutive month in October and are at the highest level since 2008.

Independent plumbers merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS) has revealed it will open a new branch in Bracknell, Berkshire in January 2015.

Producer of timber panel products, Norbord, is the latest supplier to return to the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).

Builders' merchants Grafton Group increased revenues by just over 10% to the end of October, according to an interim management statement.

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey MP, officially opened Chandlers Building Supplies' new Sustainable Building Solutions Centre in East Sussex last week (Thursday 13th November).

For addressing the challenge of removing deforestation from its supply chain, The Travis Perkins group has been recognised as the most improved company from 2013 in Industrials and Autos in CDP's 2014 global forests report, 'Deforestation-free supply chains: From commitments to action'.

Over 30 people attended the first Timber Forum hosted by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) at its Coventry HQ on 11 November.

Independent builders merchant RGB Building Supplies has revealed they are donating £1,000 worth of building materials to Landkey Primary School in Barnstaple, Devon, as part of its initiative to support communities local to their branches.