It’s that time of year again. The 2024 edition of BMJ’s Trailblazers will be published with the April edition. Once again, it will feature the top UK builders merchants, those turning over more than £28m in their last financial year. Trailblazers has long been used to benchmark the industry, comparing …
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The Builders Merchants Federation’s (BMF) Building Materials Forecast reports signs of hope for the building materials sector and forecasts improvements in late 2024. In the short-term, the BMF states that affairs could improve and there could be an annual growth of 0.4% for 2024 – increasing to 1% in 2025. …
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There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Like any right-minded middle-class girl, I went to the sea-side on my holidays. Shame it was the weekend where the south coast was beset with 45 …
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Stelrad Group plc, steel panel and designer radiator manufacturer saw revenue rise 14.6% to £312.1m in the year ended 31 December 2022. Adjusted operating profit was up 12.9 at £24.3m, with UK & Ireland seeing 6.5% revenue growth and a 5.2% growth in adjusted operating profit. The group reported improved …
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BMJ Trailblazers is the annual tracker of the top UK builders merchants’ latest statistics and information. It’s the hymn sheet for the industry in terms of who’s who and how everyone is doing. Trailblazers includes the top 52 builders, plumbers and timber merchants in the UK – those with …
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Revenue at north east independent builders merchant JT Dove hit £58.8m in the 12 months to December 31 2018, new accounts have revealed. Turnover at the merchant, which stocks timber, plumbing products and building materials was up from £52.5m 12 months earlier. Pre-tax profits also increased to £2.4m from £2.3m. …
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Inflexion Private Equity is to acquire Marley, a leading UK-based roofing specialist, from Etex, the Belgian building materials firm which has owned Marley since 1999. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid‐market fund. Inflexion already has a minority shareholding in independent builders merchant chain …
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