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Builders merchant Gibbs & Dandy, part of Jewson, has held a series of health & safety days across its branch network.

The construction industry needs to pull together and create a single effective voice, according to Bill Bolsover, chairman of the Construction Products Association.

Output in the construction sector fell by 0.2% per cent compared with the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Satistics.

Builders merchant Jewson will now have a stronger hold in the south east now that the acquisition of its rival Build Center has completed.

Builders merchant co-operative and leading clearing house United Merchants plc has appointed Leo Martin of the Grafton Group plc, to the Board.

SIG plc, the distributor of insulation and building products saw sales from continuing operations rise 8% for the ten months to the end of October, compared with the same period last year, according to today's Interim Management Statement (November 9).

Builders merchant group Grafton increased UK turnover by 4.8% in the first 10 months of the year, according to an interim management statement issued today (November 9).

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has announced details of a £500m fund for private developers to restart stalled housing and commercial schemes hit by site infrastructure problems.

The Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants installed its new Master, Graham Ballinger, on October 27th October.

The latest Construction Trade Survey shows that a combination of falling demand and rising costs hit the construction industry hard during Q3 and this is only adding to the sense of pessimism over the future.