LONDON: Wolseley’s focus at last week’s Building Schools Exhibition and Conference at London Excel was on how schools can reduce their water usage by more than a third, as well as how to protect little hands from getting trapped in doors.

BIRMINGHAM: Eco-Ezee, Faithfull, Holdfast Fixings, Luxform, Trollull and Yale were the six exhibitors who picked up Gold ‘Show Stopper’ awards at this week's Totally DIY show at the NEC in Birmingham.

COVENTRY: Jewson brought over one hundred of the company’s key suppliers together at its annual Internal Build exhibition and supplier conference last week. One of the main aims of the event was to look at ways of working together even more effectively to successfully tackle the challenging market conditions in 2010.

BIRMINGHAM: Innovation will be at the heart of this year's Totally Shows at the NEC on 7-9 February and the central feature is designed to give an overview of the new products that will be available.

LEAMINGTON SPA: Wolseley, gold sponsor of the Building Schools Exhibition & Conference, will showcase its product, service and supply chain solutions on its stand at the event on 24 to 25 February at London's Excel centre.

WEST MIDLANDS: Stihl UK is latest big name to sign-up to the Hard Landscaping Show. The company joins, other key industry players, Kubota, ACO, Probst, Boddingtons and Instarmac at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 24 and 25 March. 

LONDON: Do you want to win work in the housing sector? The Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Interest Group's latest seminar on 10 February...

LONDON: Following a bumper attendance at Manchester United and Chelsea last autumn, PHEX - the UK's premier heating and ventilation exhibition is heading for Wembley on 28-29 April.

LONDON: In Touch with Timber on 18 May will present Andrew Waugh, designer of the Murray Grove town house discussing the use of cross-laminated timber to break new ground.

SUTTON: Organiser Reed Business Information is cancelling its Site Equipment Demonstration (SED) which was due to take place on 18-20 May.

SOLIHILL: The Builders' Merchants Federation is to hold a a one-day sustainability conference on 28 January at the...

OXFORD: The fifth annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference, part of UNESCO's World Water Day events programme, will address the challenge of mainstreaming water efficiency in the future.

UK: At PHEX this year merchants can meet the top domestic plumbing and heating manufacturers and allied service providers face-to-face and all under one roof.

LONDON: UK AWARE, the public-facing green lifestyle show is showcasing the best of the UK construction industry's ecological products and services on 16-17 April at the Olympia Centre in London.

NOTTINGHAM/COVENTRY: The University of Nottingham's Department of the Built Environment (SBE) has teamed up with leading international construction materials company Saint-Gobain to create an energy-efficient, zero carbon solar powered home which will be one of the key attractions at Ecobuild.

WEST MIDLANDS: Specialist adhesives and related chemicals company Mapei, will be touring the UK, showcasing new products at 12 venues.

FRANCE: Carrefour International du Bois, the biennial trade show for the European timber industry, will take place in Nantes from 2-4 June 2010. Its main focus will be timber and sustainable development.

BIRMINGHAM: A conference looking at the future for DIY retailing on Britain’s high streets, and marking the 16th year of the Totally Trade shows will take place on Monday, 8 February.

OXFORD: The fifth annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference, part of UNESCO’s World Water Day events programme, is focused on the future of water efficiency: scaling it up.

LONDON: UK AWARE is the UK's only public facing green lifestyle show, running for three years with great success. Showcasing the best of the green industry over two days, Friday 16 and Saturday 17 April 2010, it brings consumers and trade the best ideas for greener living.

LONDON: Travis Perkins has sponsored 'Out of the Closet', the annual wardrobe clear-out by Sir Elton John and David Furnish, which takes place this week.

ATHENS: AHEC (American Hardwood Export Council) welcomed 150 delegates from around the world to its European Convention in Athens last week.

OXFORD: Buildbase is taking a roadshow around the UK to educate staff about the latest environmental legislation and products.

BIRMINGHAM: Two recent polls conducted by UBM Live, the organisers of KBB Birmingham, indicate that next year's event is likely to be a ‘huge success’.

MANCHESTER: Greenbuild Expo returns to the North of England on 26 and 27 May.

BIRMINGHAM: Bookings for next year's Commercial Vehicle Operator Show and Workshop 2010 are increasing daily as exhibitors, past and new, book for the first major road transport and automotive service industry meeting place since 2008.

LONDON/BIRMINGHAM: A surge in bookings for the Totally Shows is reflecting growing confidence in the home improvement market sectors, said the event's organisers, Brintex.

LIVERPOOL: Property and construction sector professionals are being invited to a major green energy conference in Liverpool in October which includes six hours of CPD training.

The inaugural Green Power Forum (GPF) takes place at Liverpool's new BT Convention Centre on October 15.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: A packed house, a packed programme and eight thought-provoking performances from the speakers made this year’s BMA Bathroom Conference the best yet.