Lynn Street, Sales & Marketing Manager Midland Lead is BMBI’s Expert for Lead. Following a generally strong 2019 for the roofing sector, a number of political challenges had a negative… Read more
Steve Durdant-Hollamby, Managing Director Polypipe Civils is BMBI’s Expert for Civils & Green Urbanisation. Bad weather, the disruptive effect of the election and a longer than normal Christmas shutdown, knocked… Read more
Stacey Temprell, Marketing Director British Gypsum is BMBI’s Expert for Drylining Systems. The final quarter of 2019 was dominated by two issues: Brexit and the General Election. But more certainty… Read more
Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to roofers, builders and contractors in November 2019 were down -7.4% compared with the same month in 2018. On one less trading day, average sales… Read more
Polypipe Civils joins BMBI Expert Panel Polypipe Civils, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of piping systems, water and climate management systems, joins the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Expert Panel…. Read more
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) welcomes Midland Lead to its panel of industry experts. The company is a leading manufacturer and supplier of lead products, and the only independent… Read more
BMBI is a brand of the BMF. It’s produced by MRA Marketing using gold standard data from GfK, one of the largest insight agencies. GfK’s Builders Merchant Point of Sale… Read more
The short trading day month of November saw subdued sales for merchants with the lowest total sales in 10 months. Year-on-Year Total Builders’ Merchant value sales in November 2019… Read more
Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales in October 2019 were down -4.4% compared with the same period in 2018, on an equal number of trading days. Categories showing a weaker… Read more
Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to roofers, builders and contractors in October were down -4.4% compared with the same period in 2018, on an equal number of trading days. Categories… 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.
