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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.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today launched the NewBuy Guarantee, a scheme to boost demand for new houses by reducing the amount of deposit required (March 12).

UK builders merchant business Grafton Merchanting GB raised £129,339 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2011.

Bathroom distributor Ideal Bathrooms raised over £40,000 for chosen charity Help the Hospices last year.

Builders merchant chain Gibbs & Dandy, sister company to Jewson, has introduced the Management Training Programme, developed by parent company Saint Gobain Building Distribution.

Chadwicks builders' merchant, treated its customers to a hospitality day, as it sponsored Fylde RFC's 41-26 win over Cambridge RFC, whilst raising money for chosen charity Barnardo's.

KnaufInsulation CEO Tony Robson asks why the Energy Efficiency Directive is not getting more support.