23 November 2022

BMBI: Q3 2022 grows year-on-year, but inflation drives increase

Posted on 23rd November 2022 by Max Banner

The latest total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q3 2022 recorded +4.3% year-on-year growth – BMBI.

26 September 2022

BMBI: Flat Merchants’ July sales – volumes down, inflation up

Posted on 26th September 2022 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in September, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were virtually flat (+0.2%) in July 2022 compared to the same month in 2021.

24 March 2021

BMBI: Builders’ Merchants’ sales resilient in January

Posted on 24th March 202124th March 2021 by Max Banner

The latest BMBI report, published in March, shows value sales to builders, roofers and contractors in January were 3.7% lower than in January 2020.

25 November 2020

Builders’ Merchants’ sales surge in September – BMBI

Posted on 25th November 2020 by Max Banner

Sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants surged in September, with sales up 8.3% compared with September last year, according to the latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report.

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.

28 April 2020

BMBI: Subdued February for merchant sales – before COVID-19 hit

Posted on 28th April 202028th April 2020 by Max Banner

Having endured three and a half years of Brexit turmoil, the country now faces a far bigger challenge and greater uncertainty, explain the BMBI.

10 October 2019

Merchants’ sales increase in July: BMBI

Posted on 10th October 2019 by Max Banner

Total Builders Merchants value sales to builders and contractors in July were up 2.9% compared with the same month last year, according to BMBI stats.

24 July 2019

Merchants’ sales slow in May: BMBI

Posted on 24th July 2019 by Max Banner

Total Builders Merchants value sales to builders and contractors in May 2019 were flat (+0.0%) compared with the same period in 2018, say the BMBI.

12 July 2019

New study from Dickies reveals the most ludicrous health & safety rules in trades

Posted on 12th July 201915th July 2019 by Emma Jarrett

A recent study Dickies Workwear has uncovered some of the most ludicrous health and safety rules in trades. Dickies mythbusts some of the most dubious rules.

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