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The British Property Federation has praised the Government for launching sensible changes to its Green Deal scheme that will make the application process easier.

IT supplier Blue Rock Systems has acquired Soltec Computer Systems and RNS Computer Services in Brigg in Lincolnshire.

Two new members have been elected to the Board of the Builders Merchants Federation.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has scooped Breast Cancer Campaign’s coveted ‘Corporate Partnership Innovation Award’ after raising an extraordinary £195,000 for the charity in 2013.

Places are still available for the 2014 Rainy Day Trust Karting Challenge – but you need to be quick!

A new record has been set for the most online training courses completed in a month by employees at plumbers merchant Wolseley UK.

Plumbing and heating distributor F & P Wholesale is taking its new mobile bathroom showroom round to the nine distribution centres nationwide.

UK construction companies continued to record strong output rises during April, but the rate of expansion is the weakest since October 2013, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).

The Build Show has welcomed forecasts that sales of construction products will continue to rise during the second quarter of the year, as announced in the latest Construction Products Association's State of Trade Survey.

Baxi has welcomed the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, but has expressed its disappointment that installers wanting to get involved with the scheme will continue to face red tape and cost.