Staying out for the summer
Sika Everbuild explains how to guide your customers through the range of patio adhesives, sealers and cleaning products to suit their exact project requirements.
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The Pulse #35 – merchants’ mood is still buoyant
With a turbulent picture emerging both at home and abroad, it is perhaps inevitable that the merchant sector expressed some unease in the latest instalment of The Pulse,...
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Postal service
Birkdale argues that galvanised steel fence post systems can provide a durable and attractive alternative to the more traditional material choices.
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Fortis announces Supplier Award winners at Building & Timber Conference
After a pandemic-enforced hiatus (the March 2020 event was one of the first industry gatherings to fall during the first lockdown), the Fortis Building & Timber Conferenc...
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FMB outlines builders’ concerns in latest State of Trade Survey
Price increases, the skills shortage and a lack of guidance on changes to the Building Regulations are the key concerns reported by builders in the most recent State of T...
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Diversity and Inclusion on the agenda at BMF Conference
MKM's Kate Tinsley and former footballer Paul Elliott will lead a timely session on Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace at the Builders Merchants Federation’s Annual...
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City Plumbing launches Integrated Solutions brand for public sector RMI
City Plumbing says it has bolstered its offer to the repair and management of public sector institutions with the launch of the new Integrated Solutions brand.
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Jewson Partnership Solutions unveils first ‘smart collection point’
Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has launched its first smart collection point, designed to give customers and operatives round-the-clock access to the materials or too...
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Higher prices boost plumbing and heating merchant sales, says PHMI
February's PHMI figures show monthly total value sales through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were 3.2% higher than the same month in 2021.
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BMBI report: Price inflation drives February merchant sales
The latest BMBI report reveals that merchant sector sales in February were up 22.9% (from Feb 2021), however this was driven more by price inflation than volume growth.
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