The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows January’s builders’ merchant like-for-like total value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading day differences) were -2.6% lower than the same month in 2025. Like-for-like volume sales fell -7.2% while prices increased +5.0%.
Electrical infrastructure specialist and Independent Connections Provider (ICP) Sinewave has appointed Recycling Lives Services as its national waste management partner, supporting its expanding portfolio of EV charging and renewable energy projects across the UK.
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A comprehensive refurb of the Mere Golf Resort & Spa included a completed M & E upgrade, delivered by AB Engineering, has given the site a high performance and cutting-edge building services across the hotel, spa and conference facilities. The multifaceted site has buildings dating back to 1924, meaning that a flexible design and technology approach was needed to deliver high volumes of DHW with limited onsite plant space – hence the Rinnai Hybrid system that combines high efficiency water heaters, R290 heat pumps and site-specific cylinders was selected.
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With decades of colour expertise behind them, HMG Paints, the Manchester-based paint manufacturer, has unveiled their Colour of the Year – Swan.
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Makita’s new HP003GZ01 40VMax XGT® Brushless Combi Drill combines robust performance, intelligent technology and rugged durability to deliver professional results.
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ASSA ABLOY EMEIA launches KentixONE – an all-in-one physical security and real-time monitoring platform designed just for data centres.
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A Harmer Modular 135 linear drainage system from AWMS has been specified for a major laboratory expansion in Warrington.
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Leading life-safety systems manufacturer, C-TEC, has launched FastConvert, an innovative new four to eight-way conventional to addressable zone converter.
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Harmer SML Below-Ground Drainage is a trusted soil and waste system from Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS), designed for demanding projects where performance, reliability, and ease of installation are critical.
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Hush Acoustics has provided a package of ceiling sound absorber rafts and wall panels to deal with reverberation issues within the newly refurbished spaces of a large primary school in Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool.
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In 2024, Hambleside Danelaw sold 2,562,469 products, the majority of which were manufactured at their purpose-built facility. These products stocked shelves at 1,893 suppliers, lit up warehouses and industrial spaces with natural daylight, and waterproofed flat roofs installed by one of 81 approved contractors. For half a century, Hambleside Danelaw have been raising the roof, and they are looking forward to the next fifty years.
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