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		<title>Further merchant sales drop off revealed by latest BMBI data</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="202" src="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bmbi-271025-300x202.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="BMBI report shows builders’ merchant value sales dropping -5.0% in August as volume (-4.1%) and price (-1.0%) fall year-on-year." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bmbi-271025-300x202.jpg 300w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bmbi-271025-768x517.jpg 768w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bmbi-271025.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>BMBI report shows builders’ merchant value sales dropping -5.0% in August as volume (-4.1%) and price (-1.0%) fall year-on-year.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/further-merchant-sales-drop-off-revealed-by-latest-bmbi-data/">Further merchant sales drop off revealed by latest BMBI data</a> appeared first on <a href="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk">Professional Builders Merchant</a>.</p>
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		<title>BMF names CBI Lead Economist as speaker for Members’ Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="200" src="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The BMF has confirmed that Alpesh Paleja, Lead Economist in the CBI’s economics team, will be speaking at its Members’ Annual Conference on 19 September." decoding="async" srcset="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424-300x200.jpg 300w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424-768x512.jpg 768w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424-765x510.jpg 765w, https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bmf-cbi-080424.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>The BMF has confirmed that Alpesh Paleja, Lead Economist in the CBI’s economics team, will be speaking at its Members’ Annual Conference on 19 September.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/bmf-names-cbi-lead-economist-as-speaker-at-members-annual-conference/">BMF names CBI Lead Economist as speaker for Members’ Annual Conference</a> appeared first on <a href="https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk">Professional Builders Merchant</a>.</p>
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