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Devon and Cornwall independent builders merchant RGB Building Supplies, has acquired a unit in Torquay.

Independent builders merchant Covers Timber & Builders Merchant is to open its 13th branch on Monday (August 13) in Tunbridge Wells.

The Stroud branch of plumbers merchant PTS has donated a range of sanitary products, complete with fixtures and fittings, to help renovate the dilapidated toilet block of a local charity.

After 'warming up' at the Olympic stadium, Keylite has a band of athletes is ready for a 201.2 km running and cycling challenge over the weekend of 8/9 September.

Cheltenham independent builders merchant George Bence & Sons has commissioned a trompe l'oeil design to promote its landscaping display.

The former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has called for the Government to stimulate house building.

The Office of Fair Trading wants to see more competition in the home insulation market before the Green Deal starts this October.

A huge beetle, extinct in the UK, turned up at the Leebotwood branch of independent builders merchant Shropshire Building Supplies.

Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation is working with the Department of Energy & Climate Change to promote a positive message about opportunities the Green Deal can offer to merchants and their customers.

The latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Products Association published today (August 6), shows that during the second quarter of 2012 construction suffered another sharp fall across all parts of the industry.