The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that Q4 2023 sales were -5.7% down compared to Q4 2022, with volumes falling -12.0% and prices rising +7.1%.
New questions in December’s Builders’ Merchants Monthly Omnibus Survey by MRA Research reveal how builders’ merchants and their trade customers have changed the products they buy, and the advice they give or seek since the Grenfell fire.
Sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants in December 2020 were 8.8% higher than in the same month the year previous, according to BMBI Stats.
Staff at garage door manufacturer Garador have been supporting local charities in the run up to Christmas, with donations to a food bank and a hospice for people affected by life-limiting illnesses.