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Independent builders merchant RGB Building Supplies raised £2,142 for Macmillan Cancer Support during their recent golf day at Woodbury Golf & Country Club, Exeter.

Covers Timber & Builders Merchants has decided to keep three youngsters who successfully completed a one-year apprenticeship scheme, operated by the merchant in association with a number of national apprenticeship and workplace training providers.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched a Youth Recruitment Campaign in a bid to promote merchanting as a career choice.

The Labour Party’s proposed ‘Help to Build’ scheme, which would provide government guarantees for loans to SME house builders, has been welcomed by the Federation of Master Builders as a means to help more small house builders enter the housing market.

Hanson Cement is planning to ramp up production at its Padeswood cement works in North Wales.

Ideal Boilers is supporting a campaign to change the law on carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, designed to stop needless deaths from the poisonous gas.

The quartet of students taking the first ever BMF Foundation Degree have set the bar high, with all four graduating with Distinction.

The Builders Merchants Federation has expressed its disappointment at the Government's decision to close the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF).

Boiler manufacturer Baxi has shared in the industry-wide disappointment at the news of the early closure of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF), while stating that now is the time to go beyond quick-fixes and start thinking long-term.

TIMco, independent supplier of screws and fixings, has launched a new website to improve customer ordering services and access to product details.