John Duffin, Director Keylite Roof Windows is BMBI’s Expert for Roof Windows. Quarter 1 demand for roof windows was sluggish, but it seems irrelevant now as we face the biggest… Read more
Kevin Tolson, Commercial Director Wienerberger UK is BMBI’s Expert for Bricks & Roof Tiles. The Wienerberger Group closed the first quarter of 2020 with excellent results, continuing the successful course… Read more
Paul Roughan, Trade Merchants Sales Director Dulux Trade is BMBI’s Expert for Paint. With the onset of the pandemic, in the latter part of March and all of April, the… Read more
Andrew Simpson, Packed Products Director Hanson Cement is BMBI’s Expert for Cement & Aggregates. Demand for mineral products declined in the first quarter of 2020. Adverse weather in February and… Read more
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) welcomes eCommonSense as its new Expert for Website and Product Data Management Solutions. This new category has been created to reflect the continuing swing… Read more
Lacklustre February – before COVID-19 hit Having endured three and a half years of Brexit turmoil, the country now faces a far bigger challenge and greater uncertainty. The BMBI February… Read more
The recent Leading Lights supplement published by Builders Merchants News opens with an exclusive survey by MRA Research. Telephone interviews were conducted with 100 builders’ and plumbers’ merchants for… Read more
Builders’ Merchants’ Q1 sales hit by Coronavirus restrictions Builders’ Merchants’ sales in the first quarter of 2020 were knocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and Government measures to contain the virus…. Read more
Having endured three and a half years of Brexit turmoil, the country now faces a far bigger challenge and greater uncertainty. The BMBI February report pre-dated social distancing (which… Read more
At the time of gathering the data for this report, our sector had yet to experience the more widespread scale and impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Nevertheless, it’s been… Read more
Launched in 2015, the award winning monthly Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is the only reliable measure of repair, maintenance & improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. Filling an important gap, it can be widely used in construction, and by economists, Government, national media, commentators and influencers outside the industry.
