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The time is right for the creation of a new, cross-party manufacturing strategy to address the persistent and serious challenges facing the entire supply chain, said John Sinfield, the new Chairman of the Construction Products Association.

A host of industry names have signed up to appear at sustainability exhibition Ecobuild 2015, including builders merchant Travis Perkins.

Builders and plumbers merchant Grant & Stone has revealed it is now a partner of Buckinghamshire University Technical College (UTC).

John White is to leave his position as chief executive of the Timber Trade Federation in July, it has been revealed.

Recovery within the construction industry is becoming stronger and broader, according to the Construction Products Association's latest forecast.

Staff and customers of Palladium Building Supplies in Kingsbridge got together to raise money to help a little boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy last Friday.

Over 500 merchants and suppliers raised more than £4,000 on Tuesday night (April 8) for industry charity the Rainy Day Trust at the Gala Dinner ahead of the annual National Merchant Buying Society exhibition.

The BMF has greeted news of a new construction payment charter proposed by members of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) as a welcome first step, but fears it is unlikely to work unless it is backed by enforcement and mandatory disclosure of corporate payment practices.

Irish construction materials group The Lagan Group has pulled-out of plans to buy the former Quinn group roof tile business, following a death threat sent to its chairman.

Interior building products distributor CCF, part of the Travis Perkins group, has opened a new branch in Newcastle-under-Lyme.