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Builders merchant group Grafton saw sales at its Irish arm grow for the first time since 2007.

A JCB digger and dumper truck were stolen from Jewson's Weymouth branch.

SCA Timber Supply is to invest £5m in a new wood-planing mill in East Yorkshire, as part of its plans to double the size of its operations in the UK.

Independent builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies has launched an online silent auction for charity.

When brickmaker Hanson mothballed its Lancashire brickworks in 2010, it hoped it wasn't going to be permanent. The company has now told the Financial Times that it plans to start making bricks at Claughton again.

A team of 22 from Keyline Builders Merchants has raised nearly £10,000 for Prostate Cancer UK after taking on the 42-mile North Yorkshire Lyke Wake Walk.

Construction is being hit by a shortage of aerated and lightweight blocks with delivery times of up to three months currently being quoted by manufacturers.

The Builders Merchants Federation is developing a Wellness Programme for BMF members designed to ensure that merchant and supplier members' staff are physically fit for the future and adequately protected from the stresses and strains of corporate life.

Builders across Britain are getting busier for the first time since the economic downturn began, according to the Federation of Master Builders.

Interior building products distributor CCF has opened a new branch in Belvedere, south east London.