When it comes to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and hybrid heating, Intatec CEO Stuart Gizzi argues that “grant rules are not the same as good advice.”

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Joseph Parr in Bradford is running a Volvo FM Electric 6x2 rigid, believed to be the first zero‑tailpipe heavy‑duty truck in builders’ merchant operation in the UK. PBM looks at how the vehicle came into service and how it is performing on the job.

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Kelly Stafford, Regional Account Manager at Merlin ERP, shares how AI is helping builders’ merchants who are short on time and long on jobs.

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The latest update from MRA Reports on the general builders’ merchant market shows that merchants’ single biggest problem in Q2 2026 - by some margin - was supplier price rises.

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Since 2025, The Merchant’s Choice says that it has proved that a buying group for independent plumbers’ merchants and bathroom showrooms can run on a simple promise: no subscriptions, no hidden mechanics and a rebate you can actually track.

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EchoPay's merchant toolkit pairs commercial card surcharging with pay-by-bank to give builders’, electrical, plumbing and timber merchants “two practical levers against rising card costs.”

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An independent report commissioned by Klipboard has revealed that late payments have become “almost universal across the wholesale and distribution sector.”

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The incoming prime minister can “end a fifteen-year cycle of political churn that has held back growth far more than any shortage of funding or ambition,” according to Holcim UK MD Ian Dean.

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In the Viewpoint column of PBM’s July/August edition, editor Paul Davies discussed the most recent Prime Minister to fall by the wayside as political uncertainty once again threatens to destabilise any hope of economic recovery...

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The latest CLC statement highlights ongoing challenges relating to higher input costs, weak consumer confidence and ongoing economic and political uncertainty.

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