A live mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) awareness and rescue safety day delivered by Horizon Platforms, has highlighted the need for rescue preparedness and machine familiarisation, among operators and managers responsible for supervising MEWP activity on retail fit-out projects.
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Following a successful partnership with the Silver X Group earlier in the year which included a brand-new, dedicated delivery fleet to be used across Great Britain, PWS has extended its relationship for a further five years.
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The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q3 2025 were down -0.1% compared to Q3 2024.
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NEC Contracts has launched NEC Digital, an intuitive online contract drafting platform that transforms how users work with the NEC suite of contracts.
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in August 2025 were down -5.0% compared to the same month a year before.
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Manchester-based paint manufacturer HMG Paints has officially opened their new department known as the ‘Len Hutton Centre’, a modern facility dedicated to water-based production.
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AkzoNobel has announced the deployment of its first 100% electric trucks and urban trailer fleet together with a nationwide hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) powered fleet in partnership with XPO Logistics.
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in July 2025 were virtually flat (+0.1%) compared to July 2024. Year-on-year volumes increased +0.6% while prices fell -0.6%. There was no difference in trading days.
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The latest BMBI report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in May were unchanged (0.0%) compared to May 2024. Year-on-year volumes rose +2.1% but prices fell -2.1%. With one less trading day in the most recent period, like-for-like value sales – which take trading day differences into account – were up +5.0%.
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in April were up +3.0% compared to April 2024.
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