Face to Face: Paul Swift, Manging Director of ForgeFix
PBM speaks with ForgeFix Manging Director, Paul Swift.
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Inflation continues to drive BMBI merchant sales data
The latest BMBI report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +1.4% in November 2022 compared to the same month in 2021, however, this was inflation-led gr...
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Heart of the matter
In the Viewpoint column of PBM’s February issue, editor Paul Davies discussed the recently-published ‘Mission Zero’ independent review of Net Zero and the potential oppor...
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Wider perspectives: OGL Software canvasses opinions from across the distribution sector
OGL Software has surveyed wholesale and distribution businesses about their concerns and priorities, the current state of technology adoption and how they have fared when...
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Powering the future? Toyota Material Handling UK outlines the advantages of HVO fuel
Toyota Material Handling UK dscusses HVO fuel — an alternative to fossil diesel said to cut the net CO2 emissions of IC engine-powered forklifts by as much as 90%.
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CLC Product Availability Working Group statement, 24 January 2023
The co-chairs of the CLC’s Product Availability working group — BMF CEO John Newcomb and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association — have issued first...
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Lakes: Live long and prosper
With an ageing population and growing numbers of multigenerational homes, Lakes considers the increase in the demand for safe and accessible bathroom products and what me...
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UK launch of Fibo Collect self-service batching plant for concrete, mortar and screed
What has been billed as “the UK’s first drive-thru station for concrete, mortar and screed” is set to debut soon at an independent builders’ merchant in north Wales. PBM...
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Industry responds to Skidmore ‘Mission Zero’ Net Zero report
Commissioned by BEIS in September 2022, the ‘Mission Zero’ independent review of Net Zero by Chris Skidmore MP is said to represent the largest ever engagement exercise o...
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Protrade urges for UKCA ‘common sense’
Following the recent Government announcement that the implementation of the UKCA Marking had been delayed again to 2025, Craig Sanders, Joint Managing Director of Protrad...
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