BMBI: Disappointing December rounds off tough trading year
The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that...
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BMBI: Builders’ Merchant October value sales up +0.2% year-on-year, volumes up +0.8%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in October 2025 were up +0.2% compared to the same month a year before.
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GUEST ARTICLE: Salami sliced Budget now paves the way for stability
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at property data insight and technology provider, Search Acumen, comments on last week’s Autumn Budget…
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GUEST ARTICLE: Autumn Budget – a disappointing lack of focus on SME housebuilders
The following guest article is reaction from Stuart Law, CEO of Assetz Capital, about how the Budget and subsequently released documents fail to take into account SME housebuilders…
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Pyroguard launches new fire-rated balustrade glass range
Pyroguard, the world’s leading independent provider of fire safety glass, has developed a thinner, lighter glass specifically for balustrades that achieves A2 fire-rated performance and contains less encapsulated CO2.
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Stella Rooflight: Delayed, Derailed and Devalued
This article sees Paul Trace, from Stella Rooflight, discuss how the UK’s planning crisis is undermining British manufacturing…
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Insight Data: Using Marketing Data to Build a Successful Business in 2025
Alex Tremlett, Insight Data’s Commercial Director, discusses the challenges for construction firms in 2025 and shares six strategies for success…
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Purplex: A tough Budget, but opportunity still knocks
Incoming governments, especially those with significant mandates, inevitably come into power on a tidal wave of optimism coupled with hope that ‘Things can only get better’. Andrew Scott, MD of construction-focused, full-service agency Purplex, talks…
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A bad Budget for business but we must make the best of it, says Purplex MD
The founder and MD of Purplex, the UK’s top marketing company in the glazing, construction and home improvements sector, says this week’s Budget will have a significant impact on businesses already struggling with rising costs.
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Mitsubishi Electric: Budget needed focus on heat pumps
This article features expert comment from Russell Dean, Residential Product Group Director at Mitsubishi Electric, on yesterday’s Spring Budget…
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