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Output in the construction sector grew 2% in the third quarter, according to the Office for national Statistics. However, newbuild work fell 4% while the total output is 11% down on last year.

Homeowners in Birmingham, Sunderland, Sutton and Stroud will be testing out new ways to finance whole house energy makeovers under the Government's £4m Pay As You Save scheme.

The site of Lafarge Cement's former works and quarry, near Larne, Northern Ireland is to be developed as an eco-town, following the approval of Environment Minister Edwin Poots.

Kingspan Group plc has won the 2009 Britain's Most Admired Company award in the 'Building Materials & Merchants' category, for the second year running.

The latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply show that contraction in the construction industry is still very much in evidence.

Worcester, Bosch Group has welcomed Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's earlier announcement that the Government is set to put 'smart meters in every home by 2020', but believes that the 2020 deadline is a missed opportunity to encourage consumers to start monitoring their gas usage.

Labour politicians have praised an employee of builders merchant Travis Perkins in Ulverston for helping out during the flooding crisis in the town.

Caroline Spelman MP visited builders and plumbers merchant chain Wolseley this week to see its Sustainable Building Center in Leamington Spa.

Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP has completed the first deal under its new category management structure which will see Everbuild taking over from Bostik in the supply of building chemicals.

Cement and building materials group HeidelbergCement , owner of Hanson Building Products and Hanson Cement, is 'optimistic' about prospects for the next two years.