Westminster celebrations for BMF landmark
Housing Secretary Sajid Javid MP addresses merchant sector at Parliamentary Reception to mark 110 years of the BMF.
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Visqueen announces Specialist Centre network
Visqueen has launched an initiative to enable builders' merchants to become recognised as official 'Specialist Centres'.
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Macmillan Cancer unites sector for latest campaign
Macmillan Cancer Support is uniting with nine building sector companies for its ‘Just Say the Word’ campaign.
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Huws Gray partners with Inflexion Private Equity
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in Huws Gray.
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ForgeFix Princess Leia portrait a force for good
Thanks to its donation of a unique piece of artwork, ForgeFix has helped to raise over £500 for CRASH at the recent NMBS Gala Dinner.
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Baxi event welcomes Boiler Plus
Representatives from all areas of the heating industry, along with trade bodies, consumer groups, housing associations and the media joined Baxi Heating at an event in We...
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BMF and TTF warn on sub-standard plywood
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) is advising timber & builders’ merchants to be aware of sub-standard and potentially illegal imports of plywood entering their stock.
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Latest BMBI data reveal good start to 2018
The latest data released in the BMF’s Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) confirms sales were up 8.4% in January 2018 compared with January last year.
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UK merchant sector Top 20 – 2017 calendar year
As published in our Janaury 2018 edition, PBM details the performance of the UK merchant sector’s largest businesses during the full calendar year of 2017 (based on turno...
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BMF and FMB reaction to Spring Statement
The FMB comments that the Statement may result in an end to unfair payment practices.
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