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The construction industry has a crucial role to play in the UK's economic recovery, according to the newly-elected chairman of the Construction products Association.

Woodcare and wood stain brand Sadolin will feature in an advertising campaign on talkSport radio for the next six weeks.

Cement manufacturer CEMEX, saw sales fall 10% in the first quarter of 2010 to approximately U.S.$3.0bn compared with the same period in 2009.

Flue and chimney product supplier Specflue has opened a new depot in the south west to extend service to customers in the area.

The continuing recession in the UK construction industry is holding back recovery in the wider UK economy according to the latest Construction Products Association forecasts.

Builders merchant Carl Timmins who works at Burdens Builders Merchants in West Bromwich and Luke Moore from Halesowen who works at Black Country Motorcycles in Tipton, will be biking from John O Groats to Lands End in aid of charity.

Sussex builders merchant Chandlers Building Supplies is helping out people made homeless after the earthquake in Haiti.

Demand from the Far East plus production constraints on raw material suppliers could mean paint shortages in the UK, according to Tony Mash, CEO of the British Coatings Federation.

The number of first-time buyers in the UK housing market fell to a 20-year low over the last 12 months and changes to stamp duty are unlikely to change that.

Timber supplier SCA Timber took its training course graduates from builders merchants on a trip to Sweden to see first-hand what they had learned on the course.