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Independent timber and building merchants Sydenhams has taken delivery of three new Lancer 5 tonne LQ 50 sideloaders for their MHE fleet.

Halifax builders merchant Complete Building Materials has renewed its sponsorship of local rugby club Halifax RLFC.

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins has announced falling sales and a drop in pre-tax profits of 11% for 2009.

Builders and plumbers merchant group Wolseley today announced that first-half profits are likely to be higher than analysts expected, with the result that the share price rose 11%.

Housing minister John Healey today confirmed nearly £500m in extra funding to build around 8,000 affordable homes across the country.

The Conservative Party will reform the "broken" English planning system if elected, it was announced yesterday.

Kingfisher plc, the parent company of B&Q and Screwfix, saw like-for-like sales fall 3% in the 13 weeks to January 30.

A cement manufacturer has been fined £250,000 plus costs after it admitted failing to run its plant properly, causing a dust, noise and a danger to health.

The value of construction projects starting on building site in January was 8% lower than in January 2009 according to the latest Glenigan Index.

Cement manufacturer CEMEX UK supported the Metropolitan Police's cyclist safety event in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday by providing one of its logistics fleet vehicles.