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A team from builders merchant Travis Perkins is to cycle from Lands End to John O Groats, having already done the trip in the other direction a year ago.

International Building Products Ltd is the new name for CSI, owner of the IBP Group of businesses which includes the Conex Bänninger plumbing brands.

The Government's Behavioural Insights Team is to evaluate a number of trials with DIY retailer B&Q and some energy companies designed to help structure the roll-out of the Green Deal next year.

Builders merchant Build Center has donated materials to help a Northamptonshire hospice with its fundraising target.

With water use high on the agenda after one of the driest European springs on record the Bathroom Manufacturers Association is demanding action to avoid shortages.

The Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants celebrated its 50th Anniversary at the Guildhall in London.

Construction activity will continue to decline for at least the next two years, before any significant recovery returns in 2014.

Employees at the Sleaford branch of builders merchant Jewson are celebrating after winning a competition run by Lafarge Cement.

Michael Ankers, chief executive of the Construction Products Association is to retire at the Association's AGM in April 2012.

New orders for construction increased in June but at the slowest rate since January according to the Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers' Index®