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The Brentford branch of Rudridge, suppliers of civil engineering and groundwork materials, recently sponsored a valued client and his wife as they embarked on a climb to the summit of Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales.

Continental Wood Products (CWP) has opened a stockyard within its associated sawmill Jarl Timber in Broakulla Sweden.

Plant maker JCB is planning on cutting up to 150 jobs before Christmas after experiencing a downturn in global construction equipment demand.

Graf UK, business development manager Barrie Smith took part in a sponsored walk around London taking in all 26 properties from the Monopoly board and covering almost 20 miles.

Ian Haldane, managing director at independent builders merchant Haldane Fisher, has raised £20,000 for the Marie Curie cancer charity by taking part in the Rome Marathon earlier this year.

Bathroom manufacturer Twyford has joined the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) as a supplier member.

RGB Building Supplies is sponsoring an up and coming target pistol shooter, helping him to further his career and pursue his ambition to represent Great Britain at both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Figures released today (23 October) reveal that the level of construction contracts awarded increased in September to the value of £5.6 billion - the highest since January.

This year, the annual fishing day for customers of independent builders merchant Buttle’s was sponsored by drainage manufacturer Brett Martin.

Swiss bathroom equipment manufacturer Geberit wants to buy Finnish sanitaryware manufacturer Sanitec, parent company of Twyford Bathrooms and Karamag Designs. The offer, for CHF 1.29billion, will take effect on November 14 2014.