BMBI: Disappointing December rounds off tough trading year
The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that...
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The BMBI Experts’ Explainer Guide to UK Building Markets Q2 2025 – the story behind the numbers
Here, the BMBI Experts share their views on the key talking points for Q2 and look ahead to what’s still to come in 2025…
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BMBI: Merchant Q1 value sales up +0.9% year-on-year. March up +7.2%.
The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. Volume sales increased +3.9%, while prices came down -2.9%.
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BMBI: Q2 Merchant value sales down -5.8% on Q2 2023. June volumes weak.
The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q2 2024 were down -5.8% compared to Q2 2023.
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BMBI: October Merchant sales climb 7.5%, but inflation’s still driving growth
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.
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Keystone Group brands fund ‘Mentor Me’ Apprentice Programme
Keystone Group brands Keystone Lintels and Keyfix are leading an innovative sponsorship programme to support the training and development of apprentice bricklayers.
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BMBI: February sales up 22.9%, driven more by price inflation than volume growth
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
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BMBI: Timber & Joinery fuels builders’ merchants’ sales growth in July
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%.
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Derrick McFarland reflects on the strong performance of the Builders Merchant Industry in Q4 2020
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
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Builders’ Merchants’ December sales up on 2019 – BMBI
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.
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