UPVC fascia, cladding and roofline manufacturer Kestrel has joined the Builder’s Merchant Federation (BMF). The move follows a period of growth for BMF, which now has 850 merchant and supplier companies. Together, they have combined sales of over £44bn and employ over 225,000 people in the building materials industry. Owen …
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has announced the shortlist for its 2022 Young Achiever Awards, for those under 35 working in either a merchant or supplier business. In drawing up the shortlist, the judges were looking for talented individuals who have both excelled in their role, and have made a …
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has partnered with InstallerSHOW 2023. Under the partnership the two organisations will work closely together over the next 12 months to support the Plumbing & Heating community. The BMF will have its own exhibition area at the InstallerSHOW 2023 next June, as well as running …
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The BMF has thrown its support behind the Green Home Festival, a new five-day event designed to provide practical advice and assistance to help Scotland become a net zero economy, that will take place from August 8-12 as part of the famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Green Home Festival has …
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The Builders Merchants Federation’s London and South East Region held its latest meeting at the iconic Lloyds of London building on Friday July 15th. Among the speakers were BMF CEP John Newcomb who took the audience through the latest state of play with the Federation, highlighting the fact that the …
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The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has agreed a group membership scheme with PHG, the merchant buying group for the plumbing, heating, and bathroom sector. Formed in 2012 by a group of like-minded plumbing, heating, and bathroom merchants, PHG connects leading regional P&H specialists across the UK operating from 290 branches, …
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NMBS has partnered with the BMF to create the NMBS Kick-Start Growth & Development Scheme. The scheme is designed to help NMBS’ smaller members to join the BMF for the first time, and it is available to any business with an annual turnover of less than £2m. The NMBS grant …
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The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders merchants’ value sales in January 2022 were 24.1% up compared to the same month in 2021, the strongest year-on-year growth seen in recent months. However, it has been primarily driven by price inflation (+15.1%) rather than volume growth (+7.8%). …
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The BMF has launched second stage of its national appeal to support the people of Ukraine, building on the BMF JustGiving page, which has already raised more than £20,000. After receiving information from its builders merchant colleagues in Ukraine, the BMF is co-ordinating the donation of vital goods, which are …
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Michael Caulfield Msc, one of the UK’s leading sports psychologists, takes the Keynote Speaker slot at UFEMAT’s European Builders Merchants Conference, taking place in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium from 28-30 April 2022. Before training as a performance psychologist, Caulfield was Chief Executive of the Professional Jockeys’ Association and he …
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