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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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows May 2026’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were essentially flat, -0.1% lower than May 2025. But like-for-like volume sales were down -5.8% year-on-year.
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A Devon-based software business is urging construction, housebuilding and utility organisations to adopt a more proactive, technology-enabled approach to risk management following the release of the Health and Safety Executive’s provisional fatal injury statistics for 2025/26. measure2improve, the developer of the m2i.SHEQ integrated safety, health, environment and quality management platform, believes this is a warning to industries where the decline in fatalities has slowed.
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The Automatic Door Suppliers Association (ADSA) is encouraging manufacturers, technicians and other industry stakeholders to engage with its consultation on the revision of a benchmark standard.
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West Fraser’s new Sustainability Report showcases the company’s performance in 2025 across a variety of environmental, social, and governance goals and disclosed targets.
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According to Russell Dean, Heat Pump Expert at Mitsubishi Electric, the shocking statistics on heat pump installations released by the CCC show that the UK faces a tipping point in its long-term aspirations for the future of electrification.
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