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Directors of East Anglian independent builders merchant Kent Blaxill, have toasted the company's 175th anniversary when they met for their first board meeting of the year in February.
Read More »Kent Blaxill directors celebrate 175 years
MEP brands EC court decision “crazy”
Vicky Ford, Conservative MEP for the East of England has called the European Commission's decision to take the UK to court over tax breaks for the Green Deal "crazy".
Read More »Housing starts drop below 100,000 – again
The house building industry is calling for decisive action to stimulate the house building sector in the wake of dismal figures for housing starts.
Read More »Charnwood Borough Council partners Jewson for materials
Charnwood Borough Council has agreed a contract worth around £1 million with Jewson to supply building materials to the Council's Housing Services department.
Read More »BWF welcomes Defra decision on wood waste
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has applauded the Government's announcement last week that it will not be introducing a ban on wood waste to landfill.
Read More »Merchant sales figures drop
The latest sales indicators from the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) show that sales of building materials fell dramatically in the last quarter of 2012.
Read More »Travis Perkins results show Keyline’s benefit from Burdens’ slide
Builders merchant Travis Perkins saw pre-tax profits up 1.1% to £300m for the year to December 31 2012, on group revenue that was up 1.4% at £4,845m.
Read More »New look for BMJ
"Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
Read More »Timber Expo uproots to the NEC
The UK timber trade exhibition Timber Expo - will relocate to the NEC Birmingham in September 2013.
Read More »BMF announces latest speaker line-up for All Industry Conference
The Builders Merchants Federation has added two more leading names in the world of business and merchanting to its speaker line-up at the All Industry Conference in Vilamoura, Portugal this year.
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