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Demand for new housing will outstrip supply by over half a million units by 2015, according to builders' organisation the Federation of Master Builders.

Elmbridge Borough Council planners have rejected new proposed development plans by builders merchant group Travis Perkins.

Independent builders merchants buying group NBG LLP awarded nine supplier awards last night (November 15) at its annual Partnership Conference.

Kent trade and DIY supplier Fixings Warehouse has opened a new branch in Ashford.

Brassware manufacturer VADO has donated some of its promotional teddy bears to the Neonatal Unit at Colchester General Hospital.

The boss of a building business has been given a suspended jail sentence for running a construction business whilst banned from being in charge of a company.

The Fair Fuel Campaign, one of the partners in which is the Builders Merchants Federation, has secured a Parliamentary debate on the topic.

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.