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Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced the theme and first speakers for its All Industry Conference 2013.

Two partners in independent builders merchant buying group NBG have gone all out for Movember, the initiative which sees chaps growing moustaches for November in aid of charity.

Output in the UK construction sector rose fractionally in October, according to the Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers' Index.

Phill Brown, managing director of independent builders merchant Benchmark Green, has had a meeting with the Secretary of State for Department of Climate and Energy Change, Ed Davey MP.

The UK's largest independent builders' merchant MKM Building Supplies has extended its funding facilities with Lloyds Bank to fuel its growth strategy.

WT Burden Ltd is to sell 22 of its branches to Wolseley UK for £30m, affecting 600 employees.

Builders merchant Jewson has supplied a range of building materials to Seddon Property Services to support a community challenge held as part of its Apprentice Selection Week.

Builders merchant and civil engineering group WT Burdens is believed to be nearing a restructuring.

The Future Homes Commission has set out plans to fund a three-fold rise in new house building without any call on public funds.

Plumbers merchant Plumb Center, part of Wolseley UK, is to highlight affordable measures that most households could install to help reduce their utility bills.