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Roofing distribhutor JRC were has won The Red Rose Business Award, Small Business of the Year.

SBS (Sustainable Building Solutions), the sustainable division of the Travis Perkins Group, has unveiled a brand new website, www.sustainablebuildingsolutions.co.uk, which provides tradesmen, architects and specifiers with the information they need to complete a sustainable building project.

EGGER has significantly expanded its OSB capacity with a new plant in Radauti, Romania which has a capacity of 500,000 cu m.

IRWIN Tools, manufacturer of hand tools and power tool accessories, has launched a campaign to 'Show Some Love For Our Tradesmen'.

The Government's new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), launched yesterday (March 27), risks being undermined if local authorities do not adopt a responsible approach to planning reforms, warns the Federation of Master Builders.

Builders merchant chain Gibbs & Dandy, sister company to Jewson and Graham, has made a significant investment into a new computer system.

Builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation held a Supplier Liasion meeting in which it looked at the impact the London Olympic and Paralympic Games will have on building materials' distribution.

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley has reported a 28% rise in first-half profits.

Fundraising activities held throughout 2011 to help mark the 100th birthday of independent builders merchant group Ridgeons raised £24,000 for Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust.

Mira Showers marketing executive Lynda Barker heads up the shower manufacturer's charity initiatives on behalf of MacMillan Cancer Support.