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Cumbrian family-run builders merchant Builders Supply Company is expanding into Ulverston having bought the premises and stock of the former Kirkby's builders merchant in the town.

Plumbers merchant Graham, sister company to builders merchant Jewson, has invested in two new branches in Fife.

The Irish merchant business Grafton made an overall operating loss of €8.3million for the six months to June 30 2009. The deterioration of demand in the UK and, particularly, the Irish construction market brought group turnover down by 31% to €0.99bn.

Plumbers merchant Plumb Center and sister Wolseley UK merchant Parts Center have launched a major customer survey to find out their most important industry issues.

Buyers of new-build homes will have to pay around £7,000 more when government energy efficiency regulations, the Code for Sustainable Homes, come into force next year, according to the Home Builders Federation.

The Government wants to have a chief construction adviser in place by November, it was announced today.

A delivery driver from builders merchant Travis Perkins used his lorry as a road block to rescue a toddler in a runaway car.

The branch of builders merchant chain Build Center in Leatherhead, Surrey, has been accused of making residents' lives a "living hell".

A glitch in the system meant the August issue of BMJ's Cryptic Crossword was missing a clue.

Building materials group CEMEX has been recognised for its Cycling Safety Initiative to reduce accidents involving lorries and cyclists in the Construction Products Association's 2009 edition of Construction Products Innovation and Achievement.