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Jim Paice MP visited his local branch plumbers merchant Plumbase, as part of a scheme with the Builders Merchants Federation to show how the supply chain is responding to the challenge of sustainability.

Lafarge Cement was responsible for destroying the 'reasonably priced car' from the BBC's Top Gear programme.

Building materials manufacturer Hanson Building Products has been fined £280,000 after an employee's head was crushed between concrete blocks and a metal platform.

Heating and renewable technologies manufacturer Baxi Group believes there is a silver lining to the Government's axing of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.

Building materials company Cemex UK is supporting National Bike Week this week, highlighting its investment in features vehicles and its driver training programme, aimed at cyclist safety.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has just announced that VAT rate will rise to 20% from January 4 next year.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement that VAT will rise to 20% in January will boost the informal economy and cowboy builders warns the Federation of Master Builders.

Announcing his Emergency Budget today, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer said: "The country has overspent, not been undertaxed" and that action to repair the hole in public finances would come "80% from spending cuts and 20% from raising taxes".

The Construction Products Association is concerned that the reduction in capital spending to just 1.25% of GDP will hold back the pace of the economic recovery.

An increase in the rate of VAT will be a charter for cowboy builders, the Federation of Master Builders has warned.