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Independent plumbers merchant Heating Plumbing Supplies Limited (HPS) has reported company sales for their financial year ending December 31st 2012 were up 4.4% year on year.

The newest name in the UK construction materials market is Hope Construction Materials, the company formed out of disposals from the Tarmac and Lafarge merger.

Sales at Irish builders merchant chain Grafton rose 5.8% during 2012, according to a trading statement issued this morning (January 9).

Sussex independent builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies has received a Special Recognition Award at the Chichester Observer Community Awards.

Security specialist Sterling Locks started out 2013 by making a charitable donation to the Rainy Day Trust.

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.

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.