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Irish builders and plumbers merchant chain Grafton Group has announced year-end sales that were modestly above the level achieved a year previously.

Irish plumbing and heating merchant chain Grafton is to buy 10 plumbers merchant branches from rival Travis Perkins.

Buying group H&B has recruited two new members: Cardi Building Supplies, a single-branch mixed merchant in south Wales, and Longwater Construction Supplies of Norwich, a single-site merchant which is strong in civils, but is also growing the mixed side of the business.

ICI Paints AkzoNobel has commented on its out of court resolution of the High Court claim it brought against PPG Industries in relation to its Johnstone's Trade 'No. 1' campaign.

Anglesey-based builders merchant Huws Gray has acquired a new branch in Rhuddlan near Rhyl.

Shareholders of builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley Plc should vote against the company's executive pay report, according to the Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd.

Independent Nottingham builders merchant John A Stephens has taken advantage of the Feed-In-Tariff scheme to install 441 solar photo-voltaic panels on its roofs.

Hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls is actively working in India to provide children of migrant quarry workers with the opportunity to get an education.

Lead supplier Eco-Bat Technologies is uniting its British and French operations - British Lead (BLM) and Le Plomb Français - under the banner of the Eco-Bat Sheet Division.

The Institute of Builders Merchants will hold its AGM on March 8 at The Johnson Building in Derby College.