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KPMG joint administrators, Mark Firmin, Howard Smith and Paul Flint, were yesterday appointed to TAPS plumbing merchants, part of the A Thompson & Sons business.

The latest figures from ONS published today (March 8) show that construction output fell sharply in January, with falls across almost every sector of the £100bn industry.

The joint administrators of Sunderland independent builders merchant A Thompson & Sons Ltd have announced that all branches have closed.

Independent family-run builders merchant Thompsons is in administration thanks to the taxman.

Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has signed up the Right Honourable Michael Portillo for this year's BMF all-industry conference.

JG Speedfit are to sponsor Newcastle-based bike racer, Joe Burns, in the Metzeler Superstock 1000 National Championship in April this year.

The Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) has confirmed that it is to seek a Judicial Review over Eric Pickles' decision to scrap the "consequential improvement" rules.

Independent aggregates business Breedon Aggregates has announced its audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2012.

Sales of the special Makita pink drill, sold in aid of the charity Breast Cancer Care have exceeded expectations.

The volume of new construction orders in the fourth quarter of 2012 rose 3.4% compared with the previous three months.