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Plumbers merchant Plumb Center has called for the Government to restore confidence to the renewables industry after the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive scheme was unexpectedly suspended.

Housing minister Grant Shapps wants the Government needs to build at least a further 200,000 homes a year.

Cement manufacturer Cemex has been fined £200,000 following the death of a worker in an explosion at its Rugby factory.

Computer systems supplier Kerridge Commercial Systems has bought TIS Software, which trades as Strategix OneOffice and Global Business Systems.

Builders merchant buying co-operative Unimer held its first Supplier Conference last week (October 13).

Plumbers merchant PTS has opened its 175th trade counter outlet in five years.

Independent builders merchant Ridgeons celebrated its 100th birthday with a dedicated thanksgiving service at St. Andrew's Church in Cambridge.

Tim Farron MP officially opened the first green energy centre franchise at Builders Supply Co's branch in Kendal on October 5.

Anne Ganley, chief executive of Sunderland independent builders merchant Thompson Building Centres has been honoured by Sunderland City Council.

A lorry loader working for builders merchant Jewson has been fined after another worker was crushed in the brick clamp of the lorry loader, leaving him with serious internal injuries.