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BMBI: Year 2024 Merchant value sales -4.1% down from 2023, but Q4 eases to -0.5% on year previous

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The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q4 2024 were down -0.5% compared to Q4 2023, as an increase in volume sales (+2.3%) was countered by a fall in prices (-2.7%). With one additional trading day in Q4 2024, like-for-like value sales were -2.2% lower.

Hambleside Danelaw Top 5% in EcoVadis Assessment

Nov 27, 2024 | Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Drainage, Guttering, Soffits & Fascias, Lighting, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Site Preparation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Walls, Waste Management & Recycling

Hambleside Danelaw has completed the EcoVadis assessment process, being awarded a Gold medal, categorising the company in the Top 5% of all companies in the EcoVadis database over the last 12 months.

Vericon Systems brings its connected technologies for housing providers to HOMES UK 2024

Nov 11, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Exhibitions and Conferences, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Lighting, Pipes, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Vericon Systems will be exhibiting at HOMES UK 2024 to showcase its full suite of smart, remote technologies for monitoring, managing and controlling essential building services that create greater efficiencies and cost savings for social housing providers.

Stella: Fixed Rooflights vs Opening Rooflights

Nov 1, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Glass, Glazing, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Lighting, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Windows

Choosing the right rooflight design for your project is important both from an aesthetical and practical viewpoint. Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, writes the following article…

Stella Rooflight on Part L Building Regulations

Oct 30, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Building Systems, Glass, Glazing, Lighting, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Windows

Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, sheds some light on the Part L Building Regulations for rooflights and thermal performance…

Stella Rooflight: Specifying Conservation Rooflights

Oct 29, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Glass, Glazing, Lighting, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Windows

Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, offers some advice on the important considerations when specifying conservation rooflights…

Stella: Conservation rooflights and glazing bars explained

Oct 28, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Glass, Glazing, Lighting, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Windows

Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, explains what constitutes a genuine glazing bar on a conservation rooflight…

Stella Rooflight: The U-values of rooflights

Oct 21, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Glass, Glazing, Lighting, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Windows

Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, looks at understanding the thermal performance (U-values) of rooflights and what to look out for in the specification process.