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Builders Store Ltd in Cheadle, Cheshire has experienced an increase in profits as a result of joining independent merchants buying group IBC last year, the company has revealed.

Chandlers Building Supplies is asking schools to help them paint a mural that will go on display in the merchant's new Sustainable Building Solutions Centre at its Lewes branch.

Independent builders merchant Joseph Parr Group has purchased two new showrooms in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Hope Construction Materials, the independent supplier of aggregates and concrete, has opened its first new, greenfield quarry as part of its UK development plan.

Independent builders merchant South Coast Building Supplies has opened a third site in Hampshire, just six years after setting up.

Independent builders merchant Elliotts and several suppliers supported the Angela Tugwell Memorial Golf Day last month, held in memory of the late wife of Elliotts' tool manager Ted Tugwell.

Independent builders' merchant MKM Building Supplies has launched a trade account aimed at apprentices.

An extra £100m has been made available by the Government for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, closed earlier this year.

Chandlers Building Supplies' Ringmer branch donated £200 to one of its customers taking part in a charity bike ride from Eastbourne to Poppel in Belgium.

The Rainy Day Trust, the home improvement industry charity, has launched a telephone helpline service for people in the industry. The new service, run in conjunction with the retailTRUST charity, goes live this month (October), and will include debt advice, counselling, legal advice and much more.