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Northampton's independent builders merchant, Hevey Building Supplies raised over £1500 for prostate cancer charities, by growing facial hair.

The Office of Fair Trading has agreed that builders merchant Travis Perkins can sell off 20 branches in order for its takeover of rival merchant BSS Group to go ahead.

A plumbing and heating contractor called in the administrators after a dispute over a payment from a major customer.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley said its first quarter trading performance was better than expected, with the UK's profit performance ahead by nearly a third.

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.

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.