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Climate Minister Greg Barker today (March 20) announced that the flagship Green Deal initiative is on track to be launched to the market in October.

Ian Golden, regional director at plumbing and heating merchant, Plumbase is running and cycling 540 miles to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society.

Police in Chester have confirmed that the body of a man found at Hoole Bridge Building Supplies is not connected with the builders merchant.

Construction lobby group, the Modern Masonry Alliance, is calling on the Government to forward finance right-to-buy receipts to start work immediately on building 25,000 homes for affordable rent.

Builders merchant Travis Perkinsheld a raffle at its branch in Oakham to raise money for a local charity.

Independent builders merchant Lawsons Timber, Building and Fencing Supplies celebrated its 90th year of trading last year, marked by a year of fundraising for the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.

The Orpington branch of Benchmarx, the Travis Perkins-owned kitchen and joinery specialist has a new door and flooring centre after an entrepreneurial member of staff spotted an opportunity.

Sussex-based independent builders and timber merchant Covers opened a new branch in Horsham yesterday (March 12).

F & P Wholesale, the distributor of heating, plumbing and bathroom products to independent builders' merchants, is to continue support of the national wheelchair charity Whizz-Kidz until the end of 2013.

Leicester builders and plumbers merchant Robert Pochin Ltd has upgraded its software system as part of a series of infrastructure projects for the business.