The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants were 17.4% higher in… Read more
The latest figures from the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI), published last month, reveal that year-on-year builders’ merchants’ value sales to builders, roofers and contractors are on an upward trajectory,… Read more
The latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report, published in March, shows that value sales to roofers and contractors in January 2021 were 3.7% lower than in January 2020, as… Read more
Britain’s builders’ merchants sales to builders and contractors bounced back strongly in the three months May to July, with value sales surging 38.9% ahead compared with February to April,… Read more
I wrote a blog in 2015 outlining challenges and opportunities facing the construction sector as we transition to a circular economy. Much has happened since then, as evidenced by the… Read more
Lacklustre February – before COVID-19 hit Having endured three and a half years of Brexit turmoil, the country now faces a far bigger challenge and greater uncertainty. The BMBI February… Read more
Launched in 2015, the award winning monthly Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is the only reliable measure of repair, maintenance & improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. Filling an important gap, it can be widely used in construction, and by economists, Government, national media, commentators and influencers outside the industry.
