21 October 2022

Swipe right with new CMO Trade mobile app

Posted on 21st October 2022 by Max Banner

Online builders’ merchant CMO Trade has launched a new mobile app to make it easier than ever to find the construction products and materials you need.

31 March 2022

2022 off to good start as BMBI reports strong January sales

Posted on 31st March 2022 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in March, reveal builders’ merchants’ value sales in January 2022 were 24.1% up on the same month in 2021.

25 August 2021

BMBI: Record June delivers record breaking sales for merchants in Q2

Posted on 25th August 2021 by Max Banner

Record breaking value sales in June helped Britain’s Builders’ Merchants hit their best ever quarter since the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) began in July 2014.

25 May 2021

Construction equipment hire business aims to Wow with new name

Posted on 25th May 2021 by Max Banner

One of the UK’s leading providers of hire equipment, waste services, temporary accommodation and tools to the construction industry changes its name from Nationwide Hire to WowNow Hire.

28 April 2021

BMBI: February sales growth driven by Timber & Joinery Products

Posted on 28th April 2021 by Max Banner

According to the latest BMBI report, value sales to builders, roofers and contractors in February were 2.3% higher than in February 2020, on an equal number of trading days.

17 February 2021

Ignition makes the cut for Truro Timber Frames

Posted on 17th February 2021 by Max Banner

Ignition, a leading UK provider of vehicle and asset finance for SMEs, has assisted Truro Timber Frames with finance for vital new equipment.

22 June 2020

Merchant sales collapse under COVID-19 lockdown – BMBI

Posted on 22nd June 2020 by Max Banner

April’s BMBI report is unlike any other; the Government enforced COVID-19 lockdown came late in March, so had a limited impact on that month. However, April took the full force

27 May 2020

Builders’ Merchants’ Q1 sales hit by Coronavirus restriction: BMBI

Posted on 27th May 2020 by Max Banner

Builders’ Merchants’ sales to builders and contractors in the first quarter of 2020 were knocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and Government measures to contain the virus, explain the BMBI.

26 February 2020

Negative growth in Q4 rounds off disappointing year for builders’ merchants

Posted on 26th February 2020 by Emma Jarrett

The latest report from BMBI shows total Builders’ Merchant value sales in Q4 2019 were -4.0% down compared with the same quarter in 2018.

11 February 2020

Top tips for buying new tools with Weber UK

Posted on 11th February 2020 by Max Banner

This article sees Saint-Gobain Weber’s Applications and Training Team pick their top tool tips to help them achieve the perfect job every time.

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