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Wolseley UK is creating two business areas for the civils and utilities markets, under the Burdens and Drain Center brands.

Continental Wood Products, part of the Norvik Timber Group, is launching a rapid delivery service called Swede Speed this month.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG has added a new member to its growing list of plumbing and heating merchants.

Warrington Borough Council has granted planning permission for builders merchant group Travis Perkins to build a new logistics centre.

The introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive is effectively dead in the water thanks to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Comprehensive Spending Review, says a leading heating industry figure.

The monthly figures from the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index®UK show that construction saw a further moderate rise in business activity during June.

Plumbers merchant chain Plumb Center is encouraged by the first quarterly Green Deal statistics which show almost 40,000 people have had an assessment carried out.

Building materials producer Lafarge Tarmac has won the British Precast Concrete Association's Sustainability Champions 2013 award for its Automatic Tyre Inflation System.

Builders merchants Grafton Group has launched a retail bond, offering investors an annual return of 5.5% over seven years.

Builders merchants group Travis Perkins is adding the Masternaut telematics systems to a further 1,000 vehicles.