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• Flat Merchants’ July sales with volumes down -12.8% and inflation rising +15.0% September 27, 2022 - The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were virtually flat (+0.2%) in July 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. As in previous months, volume sales were down (-12.8%) yet price inflation remained high (+15.0%). Read more
• Steel Lintels Providing an Effective Barrier to Thermal Bridging September 5, 2022 - Not only a source of vital structural support, steel lintels are beneficial to a property’s energy performance by reducing instances of thermal bridging. Read more
• Chadwicks Group: Going from Strength to Strength August 29, 2022 - Chadwicks is currently the largest building material, timber, plumbing and heating, hardware and steel provider across Ireland. Our brand ethos sees us consistently striving to offer the widest range of products at the best value for our customers, to offer a breadth of solutions suited to their building needs. Read more
• Merchant volumes fall again but price inflation makes for a record-breaking Q2 August 22, 2022 - Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q2 2022 recorded the highest revenue since the BMBI started, despite lacklustre June sales. However, with Q2 volumes falling -11.3% compared with Q2 2021, it is +17.3% price inflation which is behind the record-breaking growth. Read more
• May sales up 14.8%, but volume was down -2.5% with 17.8% price inflation July 29, 2022 - The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +14.8% in May 2022 compared to the same month in 2021, driven more by rising prices (+17.8%) than volume sales (-2.5%) year-on-year. All categories sold more in May 2022 compared to the previous year, with Kitchens & Bathrooms increasing the most (+29.7%). Six other… Read more

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