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Kevin Tolson, Commercial Director Wienerberger UK is BMBI’s Expert for Bricks & Roof Tiles. Against the backdrop of a battered economy and increasing unemployment, with manual jobs particularly affected, the… Read more
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Lynn Street, Sales & Marketing Manager Midland Lead is BMBI’s Expert for Lead. Challenging, worrying, unprecedented, that’s how many of us will sum up Q2 2020, as it takes its… Read more
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Steve Durdant-Hollamby, Managing Director Polypipe Civils is BMBI’s Expert for Civils & Green Infrastructure. In common with most businesses, it was a challenge to align our operations with the market… Read more
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Stacey Temprell, Marketing Director British Gypsum is BMBI’s Expert for Drylining Systems. Unsurprisingly the impact of COVID-19 still dominates and will do so for the foreseeable future but, as we… Read more
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Andy Scothern, Managing Director eCommonSense is BMBI’s Expert for Website & Product Data Management Solutions. News that the economy plunged 20% between April and June was met with dismay… Read more
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Stacey Temprell, Marketing Director British Gypsum is BMBI’s Expert for Drylining Systems How the world has changed. In my last quarterly summary, I reported we were entering 2020 with renewed… Read more
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Neil Hargreaves, Managing Director Knauf Insulation is BMBI’s Expert for Mineral Wool Insulation. It is astonishing how much the landscape has changed since January. In an unprecedented way, Covid-19 has… Read more
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Lynn Street, Sales & Marketing Manager Midland Lead is BMBI’s Expert for Lead. The last few months have been challenging at best, confusing at worst and the whole supply chain… Read more
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Derrick McFarland, Managing Director Keystone Group UK is BMBI’s Expert for Steel Lintels COVID-19 caused unexpected and widespread disruption. While construction is significantly affected, government recognition of the value of… Read more
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Mike Tattam, Sales & Marketing Director Lakes is BMBI’s Expert for Shower Enclosures & Showering. Many bathroom and showering products are manufactured in China. While our factory in China is… Read more
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