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Independent builders merchant buying group NBG LLP celebrated its relationships with suppliers on December 6 by awarding Supplier of the Year trophies for nine product categories.

Retail bathroom chain Dolphin is one of the names in the frame to acquire the Bathstore chain from builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley, according to speculation.

Builders merchant Travis Perkins won a marketing award for its Lapsed Customer marketing programme at the Construction Marketing Awards last week.

As of December 2010 Kingspan Hot Water Systems Ltd and Kingspan Solar will trade as Kingspan Renewables.

Insulation manufacturer Superglass Insulation Ltd is giving independent builders' merchants an exclusive offer based on the insulation company's Superdad loft insulation campaign.

DIY retail brand B&Q is launching a web site for its trade-only Tradepoint brand next year.

Independent plumbers merchant TAPS, part of Thompson Building Centres, has opened a branch in North Yorkshire.

Timber frame supplier Chandos Timber Engineering has fallen foul of the collapse of failed building firm Rok.

November continued to show a slowing up of construction activity according to the latest Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers' Index, although it was slightly higher than in October.

The recovery in construction output experienced by the industry during much of 2010 will stall in 2011 according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association.