The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, produced by MRA research, has been published, highlighting January’s builders’ merchant like-for-like total value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were -2.6% lower than the same month in 2025. With one less trading day this January, total value sales …
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The January Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, produced by MRA Research, has been published. The report shows total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of trading days) through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +3.0% for January 2026 compared to the same month the year before. …
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Crown Paints has partnered with professional painters and decorators to front its new ‘Looks like…’ campaign. The trade campaign features decorators at work: Mica Hill of Drip Decorating and Lewis Coomber of L.C.Painters, alongside On The Tools content creators Russell Payne, founder of The Talking Tradesman, and Aimee Stanton a …
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Heating manufacturer Baxi has switched to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as its standard HGV fuel, reducing the companies HGV fuel emissions by ~ 99%. Baxi began the transition from diesel to HVO in 2024, as part of continuing progress towards net zero. HGV emissions reduced from 260 tCO₂e in 2024 …
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Benchmarx Kitchens & Joinery, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has invested in new design software to improve the pace at which it can produce kitchen designs. The new software, ArtiCAD, is designed to plan and render a kitchen design in under 10 minutes, with the CGI designs giving customers …
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Bathroom manufacturer, SONAS Bathrooms, has announced the opening of their UK distribution centre in Redditch, scheduled for August 2026. Opening in Summer 2026, the distribution centre will become the central base for SONAS’ UK distribution operations. The facility aims to improve supply reliability and shorten its delivery time to 24 …
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Heating manufacturer Vaillant is the latest plumbing and heating specialists to join the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation). With over 21,500 active installers and a nationwide distribution network, the company supports the development and promotion of heat pumps in both new-build and retrofit projects, and has invested in new production lines …
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Voices from across the industry have published their response to last week’s Future Homes Standard announcement, regarding new regulations set to come into effect on March 24th 2027. Managing director of Vaillant Group UK and Ireland, Henrik Hansen, explains: “The update to the Future Homes and Buildings Standard marks a …
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Building materials supplier Huws Gray has partnered with Slimstock, a provider of AI-powered supply chain planning. As part of the partnership, Huws Gray will adopt Slimstock’s AI-powered supply chain planning platform to automate ordering across the branch network Slimstock’s platform will integrate with the Group’s existing Border Merchant Systems ERP. …
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Building materials supplier National Plastics is inviting Schools, charities and community groups across Chester, Ilkeston and Scunthorpe to apply for a £10,000 refurbishment project as part of a new community competition. Branches in Chester (Bumpers Lane), Ilkeston (Falcon Court) and Scunthorpe (Parkway Business Park) have launched The Big Build Competition, …
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