Jeff House, Head of External Affairs Baxi Heating UK (incorporating Heatrae Sadia) is BMBI’s Expert for Water Heating. Whilst the political debate surrounding Brexit continues, there is a great deal… Read more

Merchants’ sales value growth continues in Q3 Total builders’ merchant value sales to builders and contractors were up 4.2% in the third quarter compared with Q3 2017. Two categories did… Read more

Strong fourth quarter wraps up a solid year for merchants The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) saw strong growth in 2017. Total Q4 2017 sales were up +6.3% on Q4… Read more

Builders’ merchants’ sales up   June’s Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) showed builders’ merchants’ sales were up 3.7% in June 2017 compared with the same month last year, with Ironmongery… Read more

July proves successful for Builders’ Merchant value sales July 2017 has proven particularly successful for merchants with Total Builders’ Merchant value sales to builders and contractors up 7.0% compared with… Read more

Positive start to 2017 continues: Builders Merchants’ February sales up on last year February sales were 1.1% down on February 2016 but average sales per day were 3.9% up when… Read more

Mixed Q1 for hot water but prospects positive An additional trading day this January on January 2016 contributed to 7.2% year on year sales value growth, according to the latest… Read more

A strong finish for Merchants in 2016 “2016 was a successful year for generalist builders’ merchants, with revenues of over £5.44bn and sales value growth of 5.2% on the previous… Read more

Builders’ Merchants report strong Plumbing, Heating & Electrical sales The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) November report shows builders’ merchants’ sales to builders and contractors were 12.1% higher in November… Read more