BMBI reports strong start to 2019 Total Builders Merchants value sales to roofers, builders and contractors in January 2019 were up 5.0% compared with January 2018. Four categories did better,… Read more
Builders’ Merchants News recently requested the views of the BMBI Expert Panel on the effects of Brexit, exclusively for their upcoming edition of Leading Lights. Nine BMBI Experts contributed,… Read more
A positive start for merchants in 2019 Total Builders Merchants value sales to builders and contractors in January 2019 were up 5.0% compared with January 2018. Four categories did better,… Read more
A positive start to 2019 Total Builders Merchant value sales were up 5.0% in January compared with January 2018. Four categories did better, including the two biggest: Timber & Joinery… Read more
Sales growth slows at UK Builders Merchants Sales figures for the final quarter of 2018 published today in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) show the first signs of… Read more
Mike Tattam Sales & Marketing Director Lakes Showering Spaces, the BMBI Expert for Shower Enclosures & Showering, comments on trends in BMBI’s Kitchen and Bathroom statistics. People talk loosely about… Read more
Merchants’ fourth quarter sales lifted by robust Timber & Joinery Total Builders Merchants value sales to roofers, builders and contractors in Quarter 4 were up 3.1% compared with Q4 2017,… Read more
Fourth quarter merchants’ sales higher despite weak December Total Builders Merchants value sales to builders and contractors in the fourth quarter of 2018 were up 3.1% compared with Q4 2017,… Read more
In this latest article for One Voice, BMBI Expert for Shower Enclosures & Showering Mike Tattam of Lakes comments on trends in BMBI’s Kitchen and Bathroom statistics: “The figures in… 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
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.
