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Middlesbrough-based family builders merchant JT Atkinson is to continue its growth thanks to funding and business support from the Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB) team in Newcastle.

Consumer confidence is the key to a sustained recovery, according to Geoff Cooper, chief executive of builders merchant group Travis Perkins.

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.

Insulation and drylining distribution specialist Sheffield Insulations has opened a new branch.

The Belgian building materials group Etex has completed the acquisition of the European and Latin American activities of rival Lafarge Gypsum.

Fuel thieves have stolen around 30,000 litres of fuel from Hanson's Ketton Cement works in Rutland.

Heating and hot water company Worcester Bosch believe the cut in the Feed-In-Tariffs for new solar PV installations announced this week could prove a benefit to the solar thermal sector.

A new theatre overlooking the River Lagan in Belfast, has won this year's award for the Best Public Building category at the 2011 Brick Awards as well as the Supreme Winner award.

Bristol-based independent builders merchant Kellaway Building Supplies drew in over 400 visitors to its trade day last Friday at the Passenger Shed at Bristol Temple Meads.