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Plumber and tiler Neil Bowyer won the top, and final, prize in the Dunlop Adhesives Sporting Year promotion.

Geoff Cooper, the chief executive of builders merchant group Travis Perkins group, has given a scathing response to Kingfisher's extension of its B&Q TradePoint scheme.

Independent builders merchant 4 Shires Builders Merchants has taken delivery of a new Mitsubishi Canter truck.

Plasterboard manufacturer Lafarge has been awarded Supplier of the year by construction company Willmott Dixon Group's northern region.

The Energy Savings Trust has sent out all 125,000 vouchers to householders under the English Boiler Scrappage Scheme which launched in January. The scheme has now closed to new applicants.

A year after it closed Trade Depot, B&Q parent Kingfisher plc is investing £26m in a new trade-focused operation.

Independent builders merchants buying group, National Buying Group LLP, has launched a bespoke, multi-business, electronic trading hub.

Cortexa, the provider of electronic training for the builders merchant industry has launched an e-learning package for the Boiler Scrappage Scheme.

Independent builders merchant buying group Cemco Merchant Network has awarded Hanson Cement as supplier of the year 2009.

Kingfisher increased sales and profits thanks to showroom sales at its B&Q subsidiary and the trialling of a new format