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UK Construction PMI for March 2025 highlights ongoing challenges

|Date: 04 Apr 2025

UK Construction PMI for March 2025 highlights ongoing challenges

S&P Global's latest UK Construction PMI indicates “a sustained downturn in business activity, alongside p ...

S&P Global's latest UK Construction PMI indicates “a sustained downturn in business activity, alongside pressure on margins from sharply rising input costs.” ...

04 Apr 2025
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Construction Leadership Council Material Supply Chain Group statement, March 21 2025

|Date: 21 Mar 2025

Construction Leadership Council Material Supply Chain Group statement, March 21 2025

Co-chaired by BMF CEO John Newcomb and Construction Products Association CEO Peter Caplehorn, the Constru ...

Co-chaired by BMF CEO John Newcomb and Construction Products Association CEO Peter Caplehorn, the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group has presented its first statement of 202 ...

21 Mar 2025
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Lawsons achieves “gold standard” Fair Tax Mark accreditation

|Date: 18 Mar 2025

Lawsons achieves “gold standard” Fair Tax Mark accreditation

Lawsons has become the first builders’ merchant group to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark, signalling that it ...

Lawsons has become the first builders’ merchant group to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark, signalling that it has reached “the gold standard of responsible tax conduct.” ...

18 Mar 2025
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FINAL CALL to join PBM’s Top 20 merchant countdown for 2025

|Date: 14 Mar 2025

FINAL CALL to join PBM’s Top 20 merchant countdown for 2025

PBM is currently compiling this year's annual Top 20 merchant countdown, set to appear in our April 2025 ...

PBM is currently compiling this year's annual Top 20 merchant countdown, set to appear in our April 2025 edition, and we need your help. ...

14 Mar 2025
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BMBI highlights “positive signs” in builders’ merchants Q4 sales data

|Date: 06 Mar 2025

BMBI highlights “positive signs” in builders’ merchants Q4 sales data

Despite a fall in total value sales during the final quarter of 2024, figures released in the latest BMF ...

Despite a fall in total value sales during the final quarter of 2024, figures released in the latest BMF Builders Merchant Building Index “provide positive signals for the year ahead.” ...

06 Mar 2025
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Grafton Group plc announces final results for the year ended 31 December 2024.

|Date: 06 Mar 2025

Grafton Group plc announces final results for the year ended 31 December 2024.

A challenging year in the market is reflected in Grafton Group plc’s 2024 Annual Report. ...

A challenging year in the market is reflected in Grafton Group plc’s 2024 Annual Report. ...

06 Mar 2025
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James Donaldson Timber “more than doubles current production capacity” with new facility

|Date: 04 Mar 2025

James Donaldson Timber “more than doubles current production capacity” with new facility

Donaldson Group company James Donaldson Timber has taken over a leasehold on a new, 110,000ft2 purpose-bu ...

Donaldson Group company James Donaldson Timber has taken over a leasehold on a new, 110,000ft2 purpose-built manufacturing facility in Chorley. ...

04 Mar 2025
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FMB warns of “fall in construction workloads”

|Date: 03 Mar 2025

FMB warns of “fall in construction workloads”

According to the latest State of Trade Survey (Q4 2024) from the Federation of Master Builders, workloads ...

According to the latest State of Trade Survey (Q4 2024) from the Federation of Master Builders, workloads for small building companies fell by 8% in the last three months of 2024. ...

03 Mar 2025
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PushON research outlines “cost concerns and resistance to change” is stalling vital digital transformation in the builders’ merchant sector

|Date: 28 Feb 2025

PushON research outlines “cost concerns and resistance to change” is stalling vital digital transformation in the builders’ merchant sector

According to new research from PushON, builders’ merchants are facing major challenges in modernising the ...

According to new research from PushON, builders’ merchants are facing major challenges in modernising their eCommerce capabilities. ...

28 Feb 2025
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Plumbing & Heating Merchant Q4 sales “hint at growth in 2025”

|Date: 27 Feb 2025

Plumbing & Heating Merchant Q4 sales “hint at growth in 2025”

Figures released by the BMF in the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) for the final quarter of 2024 ...

Figures released by the BMF in the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) for the final quarter of 2024 “indicate growing stability in the market, which may be a precursor to positive growth in 2025 ...

27 Feb 2025
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