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UK shower tray and shower accessory manufacturer MX Group has acquired Aquatora, maker of the Storm shower tray range and AquaDek wet room products.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed the government is determined to revamp the planning system to boost house building.

Even when offered for free, householder appetite for retro-fitting energy-efficiency products is limited, according to a new report from social housing provider Affinity Sutton.

Independent builders and timber merchant Stamco opened a plumbing and heating counter at its branch in St Leonards on Sea today (September 5).

CMS Acoustic Solutions is merging with Danskin, to form the UK's largest dedicated acoustic product supplier, CMS Danskin Acoustics.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheald a complaint about a claim made on a website for heat pumps from Danfoss Heat Pumps UK Ltd, in May 2011.

Travis Perkins has conditionally agreed to sell the business and assets of Buck and Hickman for £27.6 million to Brammer plc, a pan-European technical distributor.

The Health & Safety Executive has launched a new Ladder Exchange scheme to provide an easy and simple way to replace broken, damaged or bent ladders and trade them in for safe new ones.

Independent builders' merchants Bradfords Building Supplies is opening ten new kitchen and bathroom showrooms.

Two housebuilders have been prosecuted for what the Health and Safety Executive described as "appalling standards on site".