A good November for merchants Builders’ merchants’ sales to roofers, builders and contractors increased year on year for the seventh consecutive month. Total Builders’ merchant value sales were up 7.3%… Read more
Paul Roughan, Sales Director of AkzoNobel for Trade Merchants is the latest Expert to join the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) panel. Paul will be speaking for paint under AkzoNobel’s… Read more
Positive November for Builders Merchants BMBI data shows builders merchants’ total value sales saw a 7.3% increase in November 2017 when compared with the same month in the year previous…. Read more
Young people and the image of construction The annual Chair’s Debate from the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Construction Industry Group (CIMCIG) late last year addressed the image of the industry… Read more
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) has been shortlisted in two categories at the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s 2018 Marketing Excellence Awards. The BMBI, which uses gold-standard sales-out data from… Read more
At the BMF’s first Civils and Drainage Forum in January, AWMS Managing Director Steve Durdant-Hollamby was invited to present on trends in the market. He addressed industry challenges, but also… Read more
The first ten months of 2017 were strong for the merchant sector. The most recent Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) quarterly figures indicate that builders’ merchants experienced continued sales growth… Read more
A solid October for builders’ merchants Total Builders Merchant sales in October were the highest since GfK began compiling BMBI sales data in 2014. However the impact of inflation cannot… Read more
Builders’ merchants experience solid October October saw total merchant sales to builders and contractors at their highest since GfK began compiling BMBI sales data in July 2014, although the Index has said the effects of… Read more
Total merchant sales in October were the highest since GfK began compiling BMBI sales data in July 2014 – a potential cause for celebration. However we cannot ignore likely the… 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.
