Sika has donated its EB25 sealant and adhesive together with its PowerPro sealant guns as part of a life-changing transformation of the Getaway Girls charity’s new Leeds headquarters as featured recently on the BBC One series ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build’. Getaway Girls has been providing support and empowering girls …
Read More »Tool advent calendar raises £2000 for children’s charity
Following the launch of its 2022 tool advent calendar, Draper Tools pledged to donate £1 from the sale of every calendar to the children’s charity, Cash for Kids. £2,000 was raised and it was recently presented to the charity alongside a bumper donation of toys and gifts for the charity’s …
Read More »Toyota donation boosts flow of humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Boxes of Hope, a humanitarian aid charity that was established to send food, clothing, medicine and other essential items to the people of Ukraine following the country’s invasion by Russia, has taken delivery of a vinyl-wrapped forklift truck donated free-of-charge by Toyota Material Handling (TMH) UK Ltd. The forklift – …
Read More »Huws Gray and John Barnes surprise customer
Independent builders’ merchant, Huws Gray has given away a Grono pod worth £15,000 to one of their customers and football legend and competition ambassador John Barnes presented the prize to the winner. The competition has been open to all customers purchasing from any Huws Gray or Buildbase store throughout the …
Read More »Cost of living concerns see showering surge
More people in the UK are turning to showers rather than baths as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite. That’s according to research from shower manufacturer Triton, which says there this offers even more opportunity for merchants to emphasis the economic benefits of electric showers . The shower manufacturer’s latest survey of …
Read More »MKM steps into Christmas giving campaign
Builders merchant group MKM supported the the Cash for Kids ‘Mission Christmas’ campaign for the 13th consecutive year in the run-up to Christmas 2022. The initiative ensures that disadvantaged children and young people nationwide will have something to open on Christmas Day. This year, MKM’s Central Support in Hull organised …
Read More »Product availability returning to pre-Covid levels
Overall product availability is good and returning to pre-Covid levels, according to Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group. That said, some bricks, blocks, plasterboard and roofing products are occasionally still subject to disruption or allocation, although lead times for these products are now far lower than earlier in the …
Read More »IBMG launches cost of living package for employees
One of the largest groups of independent builders merchant in the UK, IBMG (Independent Builders Merchant Group) has launched a comprehensive cost of living support package for its employees. Some 2,000+ employees across the 20 brands of the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), will benefit from a three-pronged package of additional support …
Read More »October plumbing & heating sales up +6.7% year-on-year
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for October 2022 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were +6.7% higher than October 2021. With volumes easing -1.5%, year-on-year value sales growth was wholly driven by price inflation (+8.3%). Month-on-month October value sales …
Read More »October merchant sales climb, but inflation drives growth
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Volume sales dropped again (-5.6%) while prices climbed +13.9%, so price inflation was the driving factor of growth. 11 of the 12 categories …
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