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• Brick merchant assists with Ryder Cup promo video

  A promotional video for the Ryder Cup international golfing tournament featured products from London Reclaimed Brick Merchants.

• New certification awarded to fire collar

  A fire protection product has received a “significant” new CE Marking.

• Car-aoke rally raises £100,000 for charity

  A musical and karaoke-themed car rally has raised £100,000 for mental health charity Mind.

• Borough Green factory officially opened

  H+H has officially opened its upgraded aircrete factory, giving it the capability to produce enough extra Celcon Blocks to build 5,000 houses a year.

• Supportive managers are the key to improving mental health in the workplace

  “Ongoing leadership and hands-on support” are vital to support workers with mental health problems, according to Mates in Mind.

• Celebrate the industry with #loveconstruction

  People who work in construction are being called on to help promote a positive image of the industry.

• Brand new kitchen up for grabs

  A premium kitchen worth £9,700 will be awarded to a school, charity or community group, as part of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Initiative.

• New site and academy to support DHF’s expansion

  The Door and Hardware Federation has doubled in size in the past five years, and so it has relocated to a bigger premises.

• Merchant honours customer’s final journey

  A builders’ merchant in Lancashire recently paid its respects to a regular customer by giving him a “last lap” in the firm’s yard.

• Grant oil boilers win accolade for second year running

  Which? has named Grant’s boilers as Best Buys in its 2018 oil boiler survey for the second consecutive year.

• Lenny Henry to host the 2018 awards

  Sir Lenny Henry is to host this year’s Builders’ Merchants Awards for Excellence.

• New branch creates 11 jobs

  Following a £1 million investment, a new builders’ merchant branch has opened in Morpeth, creating jobs for 11 people.

• Selco Stars initiative launches

  Charities and community groups could win £500 worth of building materials thanks to Selco Builders’ Warehouse.

• Half of workers have experienced poor mental health in current job

  Results from a major study of workplace wellbeing revealed half of respondents had experienced a mental health problem in their current job – but supportive managers made all the difference.

• Material prices continue to rise

  Material prices are rising in all sectors of construction, and plywood is the material with the biggest price increase.

• New FMB president vows to tackle skills shortage

  Attracting more young people into the sector is top of the agenda for Arthur McArdle, the new National President of the Federation of Master Builders.