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Tool supplier Silverline Tools has launched the 2010 Silverline Power Tool Drag Racing Championship.

The Managed Services division of builders merchant group Travis Perkins was awarded Supplier of the Year at the Housing Excellence Awards last week.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley saw its shares rise last week after it released a trading update indicating a return to growth by the year end in July.

Trade paint brand Leyland joined forces with builders merchant Selco in a national radio advertising campaign.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins saw group revenue rise 2.2% for the four months to the end of April, according to an interim management statement issued today.

The new UK coalition government has officially appointed its new housing and construction ministers.

Builders merchant Tom Waygood, who works at Travis Perkins in Bristol, has met up with the delivery driver whose life he helped to save in November.

Builders merchant Anne Ganley, managing director of north east independent builders merchants Thompsons Building Centres has successfully reached base camp on Mount Everest.

Construction starts rose 10.5% in the first quarter of 2010, thanks mainly to supermarket developments and residential schemes.

Plumbers merchant Graham and sister builders merchant Jewson have won Gold achievement awards in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' 2010 Occupational Health and Safety Awards.