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Encon

18 December 2024

Encon Achieves 5% Club Silver Membership

Posted on by Max Banner

The Encon Group, the leading independent distributor of building materials, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Silver membership of The 5% Club by the 2024/25 Employer Audit Scheme.

Vent-Axia

13 December 2024

New Vent-Axia partnership drives improved air quality and healthier homes in social housing

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Vent-Axia and Switchee are joining forces to launch ‘Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon Revive 7 with Switchee connectivity’, a proven cutting-edge ventilation solution specifically designed for social housing.

Recycle it Global

10 December 2024

Recycle it Global Ltd Expands Operations with Strategic Acquisition of Plymouth Port Facility

Posted on by Max Banner

Recycle it Global (RIG), an innovation engineering company driving technological advancements in solid and fluid waste sectors, announces the acquisition of Pomphlett Jetty in Plymouth.

Mitsubishi Electric

08 November 2024

Mitsubishi Electric: 8 out of 10 homeowners still using gas

Posted on by Max Banner

UK consumers still overwhelmingly rely on carbon-intensive home heating systems, and 79% use a gas boiler. Just 4% of homeowners use an air-source heat pump in their homes – all according to a new survey from Mitsubishi Electric and Censuswide.

BMBI

26 September 2024

BMBI: Merchant July sales edge up +0.9% year-on-year

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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales edged up +0.9% in July compared to the same month in 2023.

MCRMA

14 June 2024

Two construction businesses announce MCRMA membership

Posted on by Max Banner

The MCRMA’s membership has grown further, with the approval, as members, of two businesses providing very different types of products and services to the metal building envelope sector.

BAFSA

21 May 2024

BAFSA renews calls for fire sprinklers in schools as part of Sprinkler Week campaign

Posted on by Max Banner

With school exam season now in full swing, BAFSA is reminding the Government and education authorities about the increased threat of fire to schools during the summer term.

BMBI

29 November 2023

BMBI: Q3 volume sales down -10.5% on Q2 2022. Value sales down -3.3%

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The latest total volume sales figures from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants from BMBI show that Q3 2023 volumes fell -10.5% in comparison to the same period in 2022.

BMBI

25 January 2023

BMBI: Merchants see nominal growth, with falling volumes and climbing prices

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +1.4% in November 2022 compared to the same month in 2021.