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Another set of positive sales figures for the final Quarter of 2017 published in the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) Quarter 4 report reflects the continued strength of the sector’s primary markets – private housebuilding and domestic repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI).

PTS and City Plumbing Supplies are launching a ground-breaking new funding framework at Ecobuild for renewable heating, which could result in a substantial surge in work for contractors from social housing providers.

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) steps into the world of espionage with the latest speaker to be announced for BMF Members’ Day in September.

East Anglian independent builders’ merchants Ridgeons has opened a new showroom at its Cambridge North branch in Nuffield Road, Cambridge.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) predicts that the construction industry in Wales will grow faster than any other party of the UK.

The Government is right to relax planning rules to make it easier for homeowners and businesses to build additional storeys, according to the Builders Merchants’ Federation (BMF).

Norbord Europe, market leader in engineered wood panels, has won the Scotland Division Buildbase Supplier of the Year award at the recent Buildbase conference in Hinckley Island, Leicestershire. 

Apprenticeship starts have decreased by a more than third in November 2017 compared with November 2016, highlighting the need to reform the apprenticeship levy system, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Potterton Commercial advises looking at the ‘whole life cost’ of a boiler rather than just the initial purchase price. National sales manager Steven Evans comments.

Another set of positive sales figures for the final Quarter of 2017 published today in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) reflects the continued strength of the sector’s primary markets, private housebuilding and domestic repair, maintenance and improvement.