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Independent Scottish builders merchant Beatsons Building Supplies Limited welcomed Youth Employment Minister Angela Constance MSP, to its Alloa branch.

Landscaping supplier Marshalls' got 2,000 employees to take positive action this month to encourage the Government to build the UK out of recession.

Independent builders merchant Nicholls & Clarke has vowed to keep supplying its customers throughout any disruption caused by the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Independent builders merchant buying group Combined Buying Association (CBA) is to divide into two distinct and dedicated groups.

Builders merchant Travis Perkinshas blamed a fall in pre-tax profits on the unseasonably wet weather in the first half of the year

The Office of National Statistics has cited across the board weakness in manufacturing and construction as the main cause of the worst double dip recession in 50 years.

The new managing director of the Builders Merchants Federation, John Newcomb, needs to hit the ground running in order to get the BMF back on its feet, according to merchants and suppliers within the industry.

Grants totalling £17,000 from building materials firm Lafarge are helping provide new facilities at a Staffordshire cricket club.

Independent timber and builders merchant Ridgeons is investing half a million pounds in a new fleet of forklift trucks and side-loaders.

Breedon Aggregates, the independent aggregates business, saw underlying operating profits rise in the six months to June 30 2012.