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Keith Ellis, Commercial Director Hanson Cement is BMBI’s Expert for Cement & Aggregates. Cement and aggregate sales in line with other Mineral Product Association products were generally flat over the… Read more
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Steve Halford, Group Managing Director Crystal Direct is BMBI’s Expert for PVC-U Windows & Doors. Builders’ merchants’ sales of PVC-U windows and doors are growing explosively fast. Starting from a… Read more
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Steve Halford, Group Managing Director Crystal Direct is BMBI’s Expert for PVC-U Windows & Doors. Until recently, both builders and the builders’ merchants who supplied them took windows and doors… Read more
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Derrick McFarland, Managing Director Keystone Lintels is BMBI’s Expert for Steel Lintels. The lintels market moves broadly in line with Heavy Building Materials, which were 2.9% up in Q4 2015… Read more
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Andy Williamson, Group Managing Director IKO plc is BMBI’s Expert for Roofing Products. Six major storms in the last six weeks of 2015 – Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva and… Read more
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Keith Ellis, Commercial Director Hanson Cement is BMBI’s Expert for Cement & Aggregates. The cement and aggregates markets have grown strongly over the last few years, driven principally by an… Read more
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Steve Durdant-Hollamby, Managing Director Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS) is BMBI’s Expert for Civils, Metal Rainwater & Drainage. Civils, Metal Rainwater and Drainage was 3% up in the fourth quarter of… Read more
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Andy Williamson, Group Managing Director is BMBI’s Expert for Roofing Products. The Builders Merchant Building Index is just a few months old, but year on year comparisons show RMI lagging… Read more
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Steve Durdant-Hollamby, Managing Director Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS) is BMBI’s Expert for Civils, Metal Rainwater & Drainage. With a broad range of water management products that collect and channel rainwater… 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.
