The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows August’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were up +0.5% compared to August 2025. Year-on-year like-for-like volume sales were down -5.4%, while prices increased +6.2%.
Nationwide solar energy contractor Mypower has joined the Metal Cladding & Roofing Manufacturers Association (MCRMA), strengthening the association’s expertise in this increasingly important area of metal building envelope design and helping to unite two traditionally distinct sectors.
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Garador has refurbished its groundfloor showroom at its headquarters in Somerset. The new display showcases all the latest in Garador’s extensive range of garage and front doors in realistic home settings.
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C-TEC is hosting a free CPD event focusing on lockdown and accessibility. Taking place at its manufacturing facility in Wigan on 4 November, the event is worth four hours of CPD points.
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Across the housing sector, procurement teams are under increasing pressure to make decisions that balance safety, compliance, cost, long‑term sustainability and accountability. Yet comparing fire doorsets is rarely straightforward, and the gap between what appears compliant on paper and what has actually been proven under controlled, repeatable testing, is widening. Grady Doors has more…
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A package of Altro flooring has been used to transform learning spaces and create a welcoming and inclusive environment at a diverse educational site in Hull.
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Garador is pleased to announce the launch of GaraCompact, an innovative new roller garage door designed specifically for garages where installation space is limited.
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A dental clinic that transforms smiles has itself been transformed by the organic, sculptural forms of thermoformed HIMACS, integrated with atmospheric lighting.
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Rinnai is continuing to offer its highly prized discretionary bursaries of up to £200 for eligible visitors to the company’s stand at this year’s Elemental Show in the London Excel. All H&V technical personnel from the building services industry who sign up and complete three Rinnai CPDs will receive the discretionary bursary. Eligibility includes all those working in the building services sector and obliged to undertake regular CPDs.
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Beyond SCOP – Estimating Real World Heat Pump Performance With SPF, by Rinnai Applied Head of Design Sean Ehlen.
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The Government must bring down the cost of electricity relative to gas or risk continuing to lock homes and businesses into high prices, according to a new report from Energy UK. Sparking Change: How to make clean heat cheaper and accelerate electrification, supported by Mitsubishi Electric, sets out how a proposed reduction in the electricity-to-gas price ratio – known as the spark gap.
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