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Independent builders merchant buying group NMBS will be demonstrating its e-trading offers at the group's annual exhibition next week.

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.

UFEMAT, the European Association of National Builders' Merchant Associations and Manufacturers, is organising its annual congress with the theme "The Building Industry: 2010-2020.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling MP visited BSW Timber's Howie Forest Products site at Dalbeattie last week in the run-up to the election.

The Performance Timber Products Group has bought the order book and intellectual property of Dale Joinery (Lichfield) from its administrator Leonard Curtis.

Cement company Lafarge UK is to introduce a cement collection and recycling service to help builders merchants cut waste going to landfill.

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.