28 August 2024

BMBI: Q2 Merchant value sales down -5.8% on Q2 2023. June volumes weak.

Posted on 28th August 2024 by Max Banner

The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q2 2024 were down -5.8% compared to Q2 2023.

04 January 2023

BMBI: October Merchant sales climb 7.5%, but inflation’s still driving growth

Posted on 4th January 2023 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in December, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022, compared to the same month in 2021.

12 October 2022

Keystone Group brands fund ‘Mentor Me’ Apprentice Programme

Posted on 12th October 202218th October 2022 by Max Banner

Keystone Group brands Keystone Lintels and Keyfix are leading an innovative sponsorship programme to support the training and development of apprentice bricklayers.

28 April 2022

BMBI: February sales up 22.9%, driven more by price inflation than volume growth

Posted on 28th April 2022 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in April, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales in February 2022 were 22.9% up on the same month in 2021

29 September 2021

BMBI: Timber & Joinery fuels builders’ merchants’ sales growth in July

Posted on 29th September 2021 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reveal that builders’ merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 14.5% higher in July 2021 than the same month last year, with two less trading days. Average daily sales in July climbed 25.5%.

11 March 2021

Derrick McFarland reflects on the strong performance of the Builders Merchant Industry in Q4 2020

Posted on 11th March 2021 by Max Banner

Derrick McFarland, Managing Director at Keystone Lintels and BMBI’s Expert for Steel Lintels, has reflected on the strong performance of the Builders Merchant Industry at the end of 2020

04 March 2021

Builders’ Merchants’ December sales up on 2019 – BMBI

Posted on 4th March 2021 by Max Banner

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.

29 January 2020

BMBI: November merchant sales show pre-election dip

Posted on 29th January 2020 by Max Banner

Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to builders and contractors in November 2019 were down -7.4%, compared with the same month in 2018. On one less trading day, average sales a day dropped -3.0%.

01 May 2019

Merchants’ February sales driven by outdoor trades: BMBI

Posted on 1st May 2019 by Max Banner

Total Builders Merchant value sales in February 2019 were up 4.1% compared with February 2018, BMBI stats show – and up 8.2% compared with the same month in 2017.

14 November 2018

IG Lintels launches new website as it celebrates 60th Anniversary

Posted on 14th November 2018 by Max Banner

IG Lintels’ 60 years of innovation is being celebrated by the launch of its brand new website, designed to meet the needs of the modern construction professional.

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