25 October 2022

BMBI: August merchant sales are up, but volume is down and inflation’s still climbing

Posted on 25th October 2022 by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were +10.0% up in August 2022 compared to the same month in 2021.

02 March 2022

Euramax: MMC perfectly placed to provide solution to labour shortage

Posted on 2nd March 2022 by Max Banner

Nick Cowley, Managing Director of Euramax Solutions, a Modular Group Investments (MGI) company, discusses how MMC can be the catalyst for enticing new blood into the sector.

17 January 2022

Gilberts applies sustainability to value engineering

Posted on 17th January 2022 by Max Banner

A win-win situation is available to building services designers and contractors with revisions to Gilberts’ ground-breaking MFS hybrid ventilation unit.

04 January 2022

Flexibility is Kestrel’s watchword for 2022

Posted on 4th January 2022 by Max Banner

After two years of unpredictability, Kestrel’s sales and marketing director Owen Thorogood is cautiously optimistic about the next 12 months.

14 December 2021

Gilberts Blackpool helps schools go low carbon

Posted on 14th December 2021 by Max Banner

With heating being a school’s primary use of energy, leading independent building services specialist Gilberts is taking steps to help the educational estate optimise its carbon footprint.

04 October 2021

Mitsubishi Electric: Making students comfortable while saving energy

Posted on 4th October 20214th October 2021 by Max Banner

Schools and colleges looking for sustainable solutions to student comfort and wellbeing should visit Mitsubishi Electric on Stand C27 at next week’s Education Estates exhibition in Manchester.

20 July 2021

Geberit lifts the lid into the future of life in the office

Posted on 20th July 2021 by Max Banner

A panel discussion hosted by Geberit explores the future of the office post-COVID.
The return to the office has already begun. For many, the return is surprisingly good news. They miss the office and the human connections that come with it.

13 July 2021

Team effort helps Kestrel soar

Posted on 13th July 2021 by Max Banner

Meeting the challenges presented by the COVID pandemic has been a team effort for UPVC roofline manufacturer Kestrel.

25 May 2021

Kestrel’s prize fighter takes up the challenge

Posted on 25th May 2021 by Max Banner

As a former national karate champion, who also represented the country in kickboxing, Kestrel’s Rich Amison has made use of his fighting spirit by pushing forward operations and logistics in a challenging year.

30 March 2021

GGF urges Scottish Government to re-open home improvement

Posted on 30th March 2021 by Max Banner

An open letter from the GGF is urging the Scottish Government to immediately ease restrictions that prevent tradespeople from working in people’s homes unless it is essential.

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