Slowdown in builders’ merchants’ sales in Q2 Year-on-year Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales in Q2 2019 were down -1.2% against the same period last year. However, the adjusted figure, which… Read more
Timber & Joinery among top three categories Merchants reported a strong start to the year with Total Builders’ Merchants value sales up 5.9% in the first quarter compared with Q1… Read more
Strong Timber & Joinery sales contribute to fourth quarter growth Total Builders Merchants fourth quarter sales were a respectable 3.1% higher than in Q4 2017 but look closer and things… Read more
Merchants’ August sales boosted by Timber & Joinery, and Landscaping Total builders’ merchant value sales to builders and contractors were up 3.5% in August compared with August 2017. Two categories… Read more
Latest BMBI report shows rise in sales Nigel Cox, Managing Director Timbmet, BMBI’s Expert for Timber & Panel Products talks through the latest data from the Builders Merchant Building Index. The… Read more
Buoyant Builders’ Merchants’ sales in November “Despite political uncertainty and turmoil, builders’ merchants’ sales in November were well up compared with last year and have increased in 11 of the… Read more
Nigel Cox, Managing Director Timbmet is BMBI’s Expert for Timber & Panel Products Possibly the least considered consequence of the Brexit vote is the sharp increase in the number of… 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.
