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Timber company BSW Timber has increased both turnover and profits, on the back of which it plans to expand capacity at both its Fort William and Latvian Mills in a drive to produce more than 1.3million cu m of sawn timber per year across all mills.

Builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has warned that Norfolk Trading Standards is the first authority to resume full scale checking of the weights of bulk bagged aggregates being sold by merchants.

Plumbers merchant Plumbase supplied plumbing materials for the WorldSkills London 2011 Plumbing and Heating contest.

Independent builders merchant buying group is holding its Partner/Supplier conference in Edinburgh next month and has announced that tickets for the Gala Dinner are selling out fast.

Luton Borough Council has told builders merchants organisation the Builders Merchants Federation that it is planning Health & Safety inspections of builders merchants and other distributors in the Luton area.

North Wales-based independent builders merchant Huws Gray has bought the entire stock of Caradale Traditional Brick Ltd from the administrators.

Boiler manufacturer Baxi has been named Green Manufacturer of the Year at the InstallerLive Awards.

Campaigns by builders merchant Build Center and plumbers merchant BSS are among those shortlisted for this year's Construction Marketing Awards.

A builders merchant from Buildbase in Leicester has completed a 95mile sponsored cycle ride in aid of the charity Macmillan.

Plumbing fittings supplier Geberit helped a TV charity appeal by supplying pipe fittings and tools to help renovate a rundown youth centre in a deprived area of Liverpool.