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Plumbers merchant PTS welcomed a Kent MP to its specialist renewables branch and training suite in Aylesford on Friday (July 1).

The Renewables Roadshow, powered by Plumb Center, has announced the topics that will be covered in its seminar sessions when the travelling exhibition takes to the road in September.

The Feed-in-Tariff scheme to encourage the take-up of domestic renewable energy products must be retained if the country is to really benefit from the emerging market, says head of sustainability Tim Pollard.

A bricklayer-turned MP says that the government needs to take urgent action if it is to save the consgtruction industry "from the brink".

Materials handling specialist Rushlift - part of the Specialist Hire Group - has signed a 10 year deal to supply with a variety of materials handling equipment to a range of Saint-Gobain's UK manufacturing and distribution businesses.

A report to Parliament has found that 2010 saw a 30% drop in the installation of loft and cavity wall insulation.

CEMEX Angling, part of the cement manufacturer CEMEX UK has opened a new site, Copse Lake, in the Yateley complex, Hampshire.

Builders merchant brand Buildbase borrowed a 1000cc superbike from the Buildbase BMW Superbike team to feature as the stand showpiece at the Institute of Housing annual conference and exhibition in Harrogate.

Peter Hindle MBE, managing director of builders merchant Jewson has cycled through the French Alps for charity.

Kitchen and bathroom furniture manufacturer Ellis Furniture is to donate £30,000 during the next three years to Cancer Research UK.