LEICESTER: Ibstock has launched a new, free to download ‘Brick App’ specifically designed to allow customers to order samples, view technical specs and access stockist information, all at the touch of a button from their mobile phones.

BARROW UPON SOAR: Brett Landscaping has provided paving products for an eco friendly garden makeover which featured on the popular BBC TV series DIY SOS: The Big Build.

STAFFORD: In a special autumn promotion, Flexacryl Instant Roof Repair is now available for a limited time only to customers with 20% extra free. Promotional tins containing 6kg of Flexacryl grey, for the price of 5kg, have been introduced to maximise sales during the peak winter selling season.

SLOUGH: Dulux Trade is currently rolling-out new tinting machines and accompanying software to replace many of the company’s existing automatic machines.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: The Leisure Sinks World Cup Wallchart competition was won by Paul Harding of PTS.

LINCOLNSHIRE: John Brash has updated its ‘Pocket Grading Guide for Roofing Battens’, following the recent publication of the new British Standard for roofing battens BS5534:2003 +A1: 2010.

LONDON: Newey online is offering customers free delivery until 1 September.

LANCASHIRE: The PJH Group has boosted its support to stockists with a new range of high quality point-of-sale (POS) display material for maximum showroom presence to promote both its Bathroom Collection and Prima Appliance ranges.

BRISTOL: Lafarge Plasterboard has launched its Trade Marketing Toolkit website…

NUNEATON: Triton Showers has launched two apps for the iPhone – one to help installers, and the other a game to create water awareness.

SHEFFORD: ACO has developed a new online destination for anyone looking for information on surface water management.

SUNBURY-ON-THAMES: All Chubb locking products have now successfully migrated to the Union and Yale brands, with minimal disruption and positive feedback from merchants.

ESHER: In tune with the latest in modern technology, Hansgrohe presents a fun planning tool for its PuraVida bathroom collection called Hansgrohe@Home.

NORTHAMPTON: Travis Perkins is partnering with Evo-Stik for a non-league football site makeover competition.

SCARBOROUGH: Sponsorship from MKM Builders Merchants helped fund and run the Scarborough South Cliff Classic golf tournament.

KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES: JCP Construction Products, a specialist supplier of construction fixings to distributors, has launched a new software programme to help builders, architects and specifiers design and select the best anchor for safety critical applications.

PLYMOUTH: Heating controls manufacturer Drayton has upgraded its In Touch mobile phone application to provide installers with on-site technical support wherever they need it.

BRISTOL: Lafarge Plasterboard has launched a competition in partnership with builders' merchants across the UK to offer one customer the chance to win a new kitchen or bathroom.

UK: The JOSB Done campaign has championed the benefits and uses of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) for five years now and its one-stop-shop website has just been given a new look.

OCKHAM: Camouflage netting, top-secret ammunition crates and subdued lighting all gave the Nailgun Liberation campaign, from Stanley Bostitch at Ockham last week, a subversive feel.