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• Gas death builder's jail term cut
  A Suffolk builder jailed over the death of man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning has his sentence cut.
  
  
• Polish builder is just 'heavenly'
  A Polish man is named the UK's Most Heavenly Builder for his good work in Highland Perthshire.
  
  
• Builders unearth Victorian dump
  A Victorian tip is uncovered by builders at a new building estate in Lancashire.
  
  
• Liquidator meeting for yacht firm
  Managers at a north Cornwall yacht builder which ceased trading meet liquidators.
  
  
• Yacht builder ceases trading
  Cornwall-based yacht builder the Select Yacht Group ceases trading and makes more than 20 members of staff redundant.
  
  
• Megashed builder ends Tesco deal
  Plans for a giant Tesco distribution centre in Hampshire are further in doubt after the developers terminate their contract with the supermarket.
  
  
• Housebuilder set to cut more jobs
  One of the country's biggest house builders is shedding dozens more staff, BBC Scotland can reveal.
  
  
• 'Polish Builder' flees credit crunch
  A growing number of Polish migrant workers start returning home amid a financial crisis in the West, says the BBC's Paul Henley.
  
  
• Builders and trailer firm jobs go
  A building company which went into administration last week axes 134 jobs in while a trailer manufacturer makes 45 job cuts.
  
  
• Builders merchant plans job cuts
  A Northamptonshire firm employing 14,000 people in the UK says jobs could go due to housing market problems.
  
  
• Singing Polish builder turns Gael
  A builder from Poland prepares to take to the Mod stage to sing with a Gaelic choir.
  
  
• Builders' merchants fire put out
  Firefighters spend the night damping down the embers of a fire which broke out at a builders' merchants in Manchester.
  
  
• Yacht builder cutting 297 staff
  A Worcestershire yacht building company blames the economic downturn as it axes staff.
  
  
• £9m bid to assist housing sector
  The Scottish Government brings forward £9m of funding to try to help house builders fight the credit crunch.
  
  
• Builders planning to shed 90 jobs
  A building firm with 2,000 employees is planning to cut about 90 jobs as some of its larger projects come to an end.
  
  
• Shipyard work recruitment drive
  An aircraft carrier builder in Cumbria tries to lure shipyard workers from the North East during a jobs fair.
  
  
• Man grew cannabis to pay mortgage
  An unemployed builder who grew cannabis to pay his mortgage is given an 18-month supervision order.
  
  
• Builder rescued after falling ill
  A man had to lifted off a building site in the Isle of Man after he became ill while working on a roof.
  
  
• Home builder faces administration
  A West Midlands house builder is facing administration after being hit by the downturn in the housing market.
  
  
• Builders unearth wartime shells
  Thousands of wartime anti-aircraft shells are being cleared from a business estate in Oxfordshire.