Derrick McFarland

BMBI

04 January 2023

BMBI: October Merchant sales climb 7.5%, but inflation’s still driving growth

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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in December, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022, compared to the same month in 2021.

Keystone

12 October 2022

Keystone Group brands fund ‘Mentor Me’ Apprentice Programme

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Keystone Group brands Keystone Lintels and Keyfix are leading an innovative sponsorship programme to support the training and development of apprentice bricklayers.

BMBI

28 April 2022

BMBI: February sales up 22.9%, driven more by price inflation than volume growth

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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in April, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales in February 2022 were 22.9% up on the same month in 2021

BMBI

29 September 2021

BMBI: Timber & Joinery fuels builders’ merchants’ sales growth in July

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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reveal that builders’ merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 14.5% higher in July 2021 than the same month last year, with two less trading days. Average daily sales in July climbed 25.5%.

BMBI

11 March 2021

Derrick McFarland reflects on the strong performance of the Builders Merchant Industry in Q4 2020

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Derrick McFarland, Managing Director at Keystone Lintels and BMBI’s Expert for Steel Lintels, has reflected on the strong performance of the Builders Merchant Industry at the end of 2020

BMBI

04 March 2021

Builders’ Merchants’ December sales up on 2019 – BMBI

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Sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants in December 2020 were 8.8% higher than in the same month the year previous, according to BMBI Stats. 

BMBI

29 January 2020

BMBI: November merchant sales show pre-election dip

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Total Builders’ Merchants’ value sales to builders and contractors in November 2019 were down -7.4%, compared with the same month in 2018. On one less trading day, average sales a day dropped -3.0%.

BMBI

01 May 2019

Merchants’ February sales driven by outdoor trades: BMBI

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Total Builders Merchant value sales in February 2019 were up 4.1% compared with February 2018, BMBI stats show – and up 8.2% compared with the same month in 2017.

IG Lintels

14 November 2018

IG Lintels launches new website as it celebrates 60th Anniversary

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IG Lintels’ 60 years of innovation is being celebrated by the launch of its brand new website, designed to meet the needs of the modern construction professional.