Sustainability Archives - Professional Builders Merchant

Latest BMF sustainability report reveals “the need for greater customer engagement to maintain progress”

|Date: 04 Dec 2025

Latest BMF sustainability report reveals “the need for greater customer engagement to maintain progress”

The BMF's third annual State of Sustainability research report reveals that sustainability is gaining tra ...

The BMF's third annual State of Sustainability research report reveals that sustainability is gaining traction but more must be done to increase customer engagement. ...

04 Dec 2025
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A commitment to merchants

|Date: 21 Nov 2025

A commitment to merchants

What makes genuine ACO products stand out, and how does the supplier support merchants? In this second pa ...

What makes genuine ACO products stand out, and how does the supplier support merchants? In this second part of his two-part series, Angus Crichton, ACO’s House and Garden Marketing Manager, outlines t ...

21 Nov 2025
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Wolseley highlights heat pump opportunities and challenges in new report

|Date: 17 Nov 2025

Wolseley highlights heat pump opportunities and challenges in new report

Wolseley Group has published a new report highlighting both the scale of the UK’s transition to heat pump ...

Wolseley Group has published a new report highlighting both the scale of the UK’s transition to heat pumps and the “real opportunity this presents for the installer community.” ...

17 Nov 2025
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Forterra’s hydrogen plans “gain momentum with pipeline boost”

|Date: 11 Nov 2025

Forterra’s hydrogen plans “gain momentum with pipeline boost”

Forterra states that its work to decarbonise brickmaking is set to enter a new phase, as plans for the Ea ...

Forterra states that its work to decarbonise brickmaking is set to enter a new phase, as plans for the East Coast Hydrogen Pipeline — set to pass near the manufacturer’s Kirton brickworks — pave the w ...

11 Nov 2025
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Customer insight

|Date: 07 Nov 2025

Editor’s Viewpoint: Customer insight

In the viewpoint column of PBM’s November edition, editor Paul Davies considers the findings of a number ...

In the viewpoint column of PBM’s November edition, editor Paul Davies considers the findings of a number of recent customer research projects and the implications for the merchant sector... ...

07 Nov 2025
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Smarter drainage, greener projects

|Date: 31 Oct 2025

Smarter drainage, greener projects

With SuDS compliance and sustainable construction at the top of the agenda, DEKS has launched a new drain ...

With SuDS compliance and sustainable construction at the top of the agenda, DEKS has launched a new drainage range designed to help contractors deliver greener projects without compromising on perform ...

31 Oct 2025
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Drainage solutions for the long-term

|Date: 30 Oct 2025

Drainage solutions for the long-term

Tom Deckers, Managing Director from Steinzeug-Keramo, explores the renewed interest in vitrified clay pip ...

Tom Deckers, Managing Director from Steinzeug-Keramo, explores the renewed interest in vitrified clay pipes and how builders’ merchants can offer drainage solutions that are in line with the governmen ...

30 Oct 2025
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Construction Leadership Council Material Supply Chain Group statement, October 2025

|Date: 23 Oct 2025

Construction Leadership Council Material Supply Chain Group statement, October 2025

The latest update from the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group reveals that the ...

The latest update from the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group reveals that the third quarter of the year has shown flat or declining sales of building materials compared to ...

23 Oct 2025
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Drayton research reveals “96% of UK homeowners interested in integrating smart home technology”

|Date: 17 Oct 2025

Drayton research reveals “96% of UK homeowners interested in integrating smart home technology”

Drayton recently surveyed heating engineers, electricians, heat pump installers and plumbers about homeow ...

Drayton recently surveyed heating engineers, electricians, heat pump installers and plumbers about homeowner appetite for smart home technology. ...

17 Oct 2025
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BMF shares “ideas for growth” with Chancellor

|Date: 15 Oct 2025

BMF shares “ideas for growth” with Chancellor

In the lead-up to the Autumn Budget, the Builders Merchants Federation has written to the Chancellor of t ...

In the lead-up to the Autumn Budget, the Builders Merchants Federation has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves asking her and fellow ministers to consider five policy topics with ...

15 Oct 2025
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