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The Construction Products Association is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use his Autumn Statement on next week to kick start economic growth.

The Government has seized on the slogan of the Get Britain Building Campaign for a central part of its strategy to tackle the housing crisis.

Devon independent builders merchant Palladium was mentioned in the Parliamentary debate on fuel prices last Tuesday (November 15).

The Government has launched a new housing strategy which it claims will Get Britain Building again by tackling the housing shortage, boosting the economy and giving people the chance to get on the housing ladder.

Superglass, the Scottish independent manufacturer of mineral wool insulation, has been granted £2m in funding to help secure its future.

Plumbers merchant group Wolseley has sold its last interest in the US heavyside building industry.

The government's housing strategy, announced this morning (November 21) is a "small step in the right direction" according to the Construction Products Association.

Builders merchant Travis Perkins is rolling out the Masternaut fleet management system to a further 1,000 vehicles.

The November issue of Builders Merchants Journal has gone all political.

Builders merchants trade organisation the Builders Merchants Federation is to hold an EGM next week, seeking to change its corporate structure.