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Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has seen group revenue jump 8% with growth across all its business sectors, according to its latest set of results, published today.

Builders merchant organisation the Builders Merchants Federation has launched the industry's on-line learning portal.

Wood-based panel producer Kronospan is warning the building industry of sustained price rises due to an unprecedented increase in raw material costs.

Council planning approvals for new housing are half what they were before the recession hit, according to the latest Home Builders Federation Housing Pipeline report.

Builders merchant group Grafton Merchanting GB has added two new branches to its UK network.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls MP has visited insulation manufacturer Recticel Insulation Products in Stoke along with MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, Rob Flello.

UK building materials businesses Tarmac and Lafarge Cement UK are merging to form a new enterprise.

If the Government is serious about green issues, it needs to bring out a series of measures including a reduced rate of VAT on home energy efficiency improvements in next month's Budget, according to the Federation of Master Builders.

Independent builders merchant Thompson Building Centres has had to remove an advertisement that breached Advertising Standards Authority guidelines.

Mira Showers, the manufacturer of showers and shower accessories has sent its senior sales team to work on a scheme in Liverpool to enable the disadvantaged to get onto the housing ladder.