Builders Merchants Journal - BMJ
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News - Builders Merchants Journal - BMJ
wmcgill 5th November 2024 News. Instantor has joined the National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS), the market’s most successful buying group for independent builders, plumbers, hardware and timber merchants. NMBS members can now stock Instantor state-of-the-art plumbing and heating products, and benefit from enhanced pricing and promotional ...
BMBI reports strong January sales - Builders Merchants Journal
Mar 23, 2022 · The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders merchants’ value sales in January 2022 were 24.1% up compared to the same month in 2021, the strongest year-on-year growth seen in recent months.
October merchant sales climb, but inflation drives growth
16th December 2022 News 147 Views. The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Volume sales dropped again (-5.6%) while prices climbed +13.9%, so price inflation was the driving factor of growth.
Builders’ Merchants’ sales down 4% - Builders Merchants Journal
Jan 22, 2024 · The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report highlighted that builders’ merchants’ sales were down 4% in October 2023, compared to the same month in 2022 – volume sales dropping -11.5% and prices rising +8.4%.
BMF CEO warns budget will threaten recruitment and growth
31st October 2024 News 221 Views. The Building Merchants Federation (BMF) CEO, John Newcomb, has voiced concerns over the Budget’s impact on small and medium-sized merchants. Newcomb’s response follows government announcements of new revenue-raising measures, which, while anticipated, have sparked worries over increased operational costs.
Big, Bigger, Biggest? - Builders Merchants Journal - BMJ
Sep 21, 2021 · The merger of Grant & Stone Group with Independent Builders Merchant Group has shaken up the top of the league tables. We now have Travis Perkins, of course, right at the top of the tree with the £6bn+ turnover. In fact, they’re not even in the same ball park as the others. The UK’s representative in some kind of European Super League of ...
Record sales in Q2 for Builders’ Merchants
Aug 23, 2021 · Record breaking value sales in June helped Britain’s Builders’ Merchants hit their best ever quarter since the BMBI began in July 2014, with Q2 total value sales up 24.1% on Q1 2021 on two less trading days.
Price drives merchant sales growth in Q3 - Builders Merchants …
Nov 22, 2022 · Q3 2022 vs Q3 2021. While total sales in Quarter 3 2022 were up by +4.3% on Q3 2021, sales volumes fell by -9.0%, and prices increased by +14.6%. With one less trading day during Q3 2022, like-for-like sales values increased by +5.9%. Timber & Joinery and Landscaping were the only categories to sell less this quarter, with sales values down by ...
Blogs - Builders Merchants Journal - BMJ
Oct 23, 2024 · The need for cyber-vigilance. Fiona Russell-Horne 16th October 2024 Blogs. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance We’ve become so reliant upon technology: our phones, our laptops, our emails that when we suddenly can’t use them, we feel bereft. Adrift and rudderless in a sea of information that we can’t access because our servers are down.