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July signalled the steepest rise in residential building activity since November 2003, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).

Builders merchant Travis Perkins has closed its branch on the island of Portland in Dorset.

Builders merchant Buttles held its annual trade show in St Albans last month, hosted by stand-up comedian and BT Sport presenter Ian Stone.

A new service which can link self builders up with suitable local contractors has been launched by the Federation of Master Builders with the support of the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA).

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.