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Building material supplier Hanson UK has obtained planning permission to extend five quarries.

Dunlop Adhesives has announced six more trade mornings with builders merchant Selco, because earlier ones have been so successful.

DIY shed chain B&Q has opened its 100th TradePoint outlet.

GDC Group Ltd, the UK heating division of Glen Dimplex, has bought the fixed assets, inventory and intellectual property of gas fire manufacturer Robinson Willey.

A new exhibition for the landscaping industry will take place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire next June.

Steve Greaves, managing director of roofing manufacturer Flag-Soprema UK Ltd, will be making a 10 day trek through the Annapurna range of the Himalayas in November to raise funds for the 'Help for Heroes' charity.

Builders organisation the Federation of Master Builders has welcomed the Government's New Homes Bonus Scheme but says that it is now up to local authorities to deliver the housing needed to tackle the UK's chronic housing shortage.

...as National Association of Estate Agents reports strongest month ever in July.

Liverpool-based gas fire manufacturer Robinson Willey has gone into administration.

Geoff Cooper, chief executive of builders merchant group Travis Perkins, has said the group is interested in buying some of the assets of rival builders merchant Wolseley.