27 March 2024

BMBI: Tentative start to 2024 as January value sales slip

Posted on 27th March 2024 by Max Banner

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023.

01 March 2023

BMBI: Nominal uplift in Q4 2022 – inflation driving growth

Posted on 1st March 2023 by Max Banner

The BMBI’s latest total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q4 2022 recorded +2.9% year-on-year growth.

10 January 2023

Encasement: Tenant satisfaction, maintenance & pipe boxing

Posted on 10th January 20234th May 2023 by Max Banner

Although concealing pipework for sprinklers, heating systems and utilities will form only part of the full scope of RMI activities provided by HA and LA’s, the potential for minimising the impact on tenants can be aided using Encasement pre-formed pipe boxing and casings.

02 November 2022

Vent Axia: Landlords Need to Consider Condensation and Mould as Energy Crisis Looms

Posted on 2nd November 2022 by Max Banner

As the energy crisis gather pace, households are increasingly likely to be in the position where they are unable to afford to properly heat their homes this winter. Vent Axia has more…

25 October 2022

BMBI: August merchant sales are up, but volume is down and inflation’s still climbing

Posted on 25th October 2022 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were +10.0% up in August 2022 compared to the same month in 2021.

21 September 2021

UKCW: Exclusive report lifts lid on future of booming home improvements market

Posted on 21st September 2021 by Max Banner

A new analysis of the booming market for home RMI (repair, maintenance and improvement) work is forecasting it could be worth more than £22bn a year by 2025, explains UKCW.

09 March 2021

Encasement’s pre-formed pipe boxing and casings conceal unsightly pipework

Posted on 9th March 2021 by Max Banner

Encasement’s pre-formed plywood casings have been the preferred solution for social housing RMI for decades and this continues to be the case.

09 July 2020

GGF raises industry issues at government meetings

Posted on 9th July 2020 by Max Banner

The GGF recently attended the Government Work Stream on RMI (Repair Maintenance and Improvement) and raised several issues on behalf of GGF Members and the wider industry.

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