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Preston College has announced the opening of its Baxi Training Academy.

A VAT cut for housing renovation and repair work is at the top of the New Year's wish-list for most small and medium-sized construction companies.

David Ridgeon, vice-chairman at East Anglian independent builders merchant Ridgeons, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours List for services to the builders' merchants industry and within the local Cambridgeshire community.

The chief executive of National Lottery operator Camelot and the B2B markets director of internet giant Google are the latest signings to the BMF Conference speaker line-up.

Concrete block paving specialist Tobermore has donated more than £110,000 to children's charity Barnardo's over the past five years.

Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants' Federation has welcomed the Government's decision to scrap proposed changes to Part L of the Building Regulations.

East Anglian independent builders merchant Kent Blaxill has said goodbye to Mick Graygoose after 47 years of working with glass at the Colchester-headquartered company.

UK construction output contracted at the fastest rate in six months in December 2012, mainly due to a steep fall in house building.

Independent builders and plumbers merchant John Nicholls will not, after all, be joining the PHG independent buying group.

Independent timber merchant Rembrand has been fined £50,000 after a worker was crushed by a stack of falling wood at its headquarters near Dundee.