The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in December, reveal that year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants were 11.1% higher in… Read more
The latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows that value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants in February were 2.3% higher than in… Read more
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. Total Q4 sales were also… Read more
Sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants surged in September, with sales up 8.3% compared with September 2019, according to the latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report. Landscaping was… Read more
The latest figures from the May Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveal a sharp rise in sales as lockdown restrictions ease and trades return to work. Year-on-year Total Builders… Read more
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… Read more
Merchants’ February sales driven by outdoor trades Total Builders Merchant value sales in February 2019 were up 4.1% compared with February 2018 – and up 8.2% compared with February 2017,… Read more
Derrick McFarland, Managing Director Keystone Lintels is BMBI’s Expert for Steel Lintels. Our view is that Brexit was not the best decision ever made for business in general, or for… Read more
Merchants value sales up in May Total builders’ merchant value sales to builders and contractors increased 6.9% in May compared with May last year. Five categories did better, with Plumbing… Read more
Merchant sales down in April but sales per day reach a new high April’s Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) showed builders’ merchants’ sales to builders and contractors were 6.3% lower… 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.
