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The UK Green Building Council s calling for the government to simplify carbon reduction regulations to help businesses.

Aircrete block manufacturer H+H UK has been awarded BSEN 16001 - the latest European standard to focus specifically on energy efficiency.

Construction output fell by 3.3% in the final quarter of 2010, the largest fall since the height of the recession in early 2009.

Sussex independent builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies sent Lewes branch manager Tim Parsons off to swim with sharks earlier this month on the condition that he raised money for charity.

A man driving a van belonging to builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley was captured on video last week fly-tipping a radiator over a fence.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins will be allowed to retain its Walsall store after the Office of Fair Trading ruled that competition in the area was sufficiently robust.

Housing project starts for the three months to December 2010 fell by 31% compared to the same period in 2009.

Independent builders merchant Grant & Stone has topped the BMJ Index for 2010, according to the January issue of Builders Merchants Journal, out this week.

Plumbers merchant Plumb Center, part of Wolseley UK, has opened a second new-generation branch in Orpington, Kent.

Insulation group Kingspan has been given the all-clear to take-over rival CRH Insulation Europe by the competition authorities in Germany, Holland and Ireland.