The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows August’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were up +0.5% compared to August 2025. Year-on-year like-for-like volume sales were down -5.4%, while prices increased +6.2%.
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Across the housing sector, procurement teams are under increasing pressure to make decisions that balance safety, compliance, cost, long‑term sustainability and accountability. Yet comparing fire doorsets is rarely straightforward, and the gap between what appears compliant on paper and what has actually been proven under controlled, repeatable testing, is widening. Grady Doors has more…
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The Government must bring down the cost of electricity relative to gas or risk continuing to lock homes and businesses into high prices, according to a new report from Energy UK. Sparking Change: How to make clean heat cheaper and accelerate electrification, supported by Mitsubishi Electric, sets out how a proposed reduction in the electricity-to-gas price ratio – known as the spark gap.
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NEC Contracts has published Trained to Deliver: Training, Skills and the Future of Construction Contract Management, the third in a series of global research studies from the publisher of the leading suite of collaborative contracts.
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C-TEC has released a video interview with founder and Chief Executive of The Disability Partnership, about resilience, accessibility and why disability systems matter more than ever as the population ages.
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in September, shows July 2026’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were -0.6% lower than July 2025. Like-for-like volume sales were down -7.6% year-on-year.
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AkzoNobel is marking World Green Building Week with the launch of ‘The case for wood in more sustainable buildings’, a new whitepaper developed in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam.
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ABLOY has ranked second in the 2026 brand survey conducted by Finnish market research company Taloustutkimus. The strong result continues Abloy’s long-standing performance in Finland and provides a solid foundation as the company approaches its 120th anniversary in 2027.
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ Q2 2026 like-for-like value sales, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, -1.2% lower than Q2 2025. Like-for-like volume sales were down -6.6%, but prices increased +5.8%.
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With the UK experiencing four heatwaves so far this year and with heat-health warnings currently in place across parts of England, Vent-Axia has sponsored a new white paper examining the growing challenge of overheating in UK buildings.
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