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Norbord Europe has enhanced its engineered wood-based panel products by extending the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain of Custody certification to UK sites as well as applying for a Group Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.

Independent timber and builders’ merchant Ridgeons has been shortlisted in the Family Business of the Year category of the fourth annual Private Business Awards, sponsored by PwC.

SIG Roofing & Roofline has been rebranded as SIG UK Exteriors, with 45 brands being amalgamated into the newly created company with the aim of creating a distinct and defined structure.

Grafton Merchanting GB Ltd has acquired independent timber merchant Beaumont Forest Products Ltd.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has been overwhelmed by the industry's response to next year's All Industry Conference in Malta.

Independent builders merchant Crescent Building supplies has donated materials and covered the labour costs to restore the Fassnidge family tomb at Hillingdon Cemetery.

Builders Merchant Travis Perkins and Manchester-based Housing Association Trafford Housing Trust have officially opened a new joint distribution facility at Trafford Park in Greater Manchester.

Hull manufacturer Ideal Boilers and Derby-based Pink Plumbing have joined forces to develop a local specialised training academy for women in the plumbing and heating industry and are urging merchants to back the project.

There are four key characteristics that are needed to become a champion, according to former England Rugby Head Coach Sir Clive Woodward.

When Team Sky set up, one of its aims was to provide a British winner of the Tour de France within five years. It managed two in four years - Bradley Wiggins and Chris Frome.