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The Chancellor's Autumn Statement, delivered this morning (5 December) has received a mixed response from the industry.

East Anglia independent timber and builders' merchant Ridgeons has been named as one of the top 15 most influential businesses in and around Cambridge.

Builders merchants buying groups NMBS and Unimer are merging to create a super group for independent merchants.

Appollo, the power-assisted baths manufacturer, is to receive substantial investment following its acquisition by acrylic bath manufacturer, Astracast.

Brick manufacturer Ibstock Brick hosted a visit from housing minister Kris Hopkins MP at its redeveloped Chesterton factory last week (28 November).

Builder's merchant Travis Perkins is rolling out a strategy to improve the quality and choice of its timber range to align itself with Grown in Britain, an initiative changing how timber is sustainably sourced and used in the UK.

East Anglian independent builders merchant Kent Blaxill has presented cancer support charity CLIC Sargent with a cheque for £12,500.

November showed a further strong increase in construction industry output, according to figures from the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index® (PMI®)

Staff from Visqueen, manufacturer of building films, have raised hundreds of pounds for BBC Children in Need.

Knauf Insulation has called on the Government to introduce long term and viable plans to improve all of the UK's housing stock as part of its review of green levies.