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Independent Sussex-based builders merchant Parker Building Supplies has bought four branches from Jewson parent Saint Gobain.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG celebrated its relationships with suppliers at the end of its annual two-day conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh.

After weeks of intense speculation, the heavyside and civil engineering merchant formerly known as Burdens - WTB Trading - has called in the administrators.

Timber merchant Alsford Timber has raised a massive £6,868 for Kent-based chidren's hospice Demelza over the past year.

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley UK is aiming to reduce carbon emissions from energy consumption by 30% in the next three years, as part of its new environmental policy for sustainable development.

Northern Irish builders merchant Haldane Fisher is more than doubling its fleet of Irion sideloader trucks, and to maintain them for at least the next seven years.

Independent insulation manufacturer Superglass Holdings plc maintained its revenue for the latest financial year, inching sales volumes up by 3%.

Builders' organisation the Federation of Master Builders wants to see the Government do more to encourage the development of small and micro sites that exist in every town and city if it wants to tackle the housing problem.

Independent builders merchant group The Bradfords Group has bought two former WT Burden branches.

National builders merchant chain Travis Perkins has teamed up with Kirklees College to support its construction courses.