As a benefit of membership the BMF provides a wide range of statistical business reports for members.
Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) and Sales Indicators Report
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) is a brand of the Builders
Merchants Federation. Launched and managed by MRA Marketing, it uses
sales-out data from GfK’s General Builders’ Merchants Panel and includes
a panel of leading industry Experts who speak for and explain their
markets. For more information scroll down and click on the relevant
links.
This BMBI uses data from GfK’s ground-breaking Builders
Merchants Panel, which analyses data from over 80% of generalist
builders’ merchants’ sales throughout Great Britain.
GfK’s Builders Merchants Panel started collecting data in July 2014,
and all trend data in the BMBI is indexed on the 6 month period July
2014 to December 2014. The monthly series tracks what is happening in
the market month by month and includes an in-depth review every quarter.
This trend series gives our industry access to far more accurate and
comprehensive data than that available to other construction sectors.
The reports also include views from our panel of leading industry
experts to help explain trends, issues and opportunities in their
markets.
The BMBI is sent out to all our
members every month as a benefit of membership. The report combines data
from GfK’s ground-breaking Builders Merchant Panel, which analyses data
from over 80% of generalist builders merchants’ sales throughout the
UK, and the BMF’s own Sales Indicators based on monthly returns from the
majority of merchant members outlets. It gives our industry access to
far more comprehensive data than that available to other construction
sectors.
There are two tiers of report available to members,
depending on the level of regional sales data members wish to receive
from the BMF Sales Indicators. BMF Sales Indicator report now features
alongside the BMBI. All members of the BMF can receive the core BMBI
report. However those members who have paid the subscription fee will
also receive full insights from the BMF Sales Indicators. The core
version still includes a general overview of each month's regional sales
findings. Alternatively, merchant members can contribute their monthly
sales figures which will be included anonymously into the Sales
Indicator report, to receive the full version for no added cost. If you
are interested in receiving the Full Report including Sales Indicators
or believe they have been sent the wrong version please contact Richard Ellithorne by email at richard.ellithorne@bmf.org.uk.
The Experts
BMBI Experts are the voice of their markets. They make sense of trends for users of the building index.Experts are market leaders or brands who aspire to be leaders. They
are companies that can legitimately speak for their markets. This
includes explaining issues and opportunities in their markets, and where
appropriate making the case for or against legislation, industry
schemes or government policy.
For more information about BMBI visit BMBI website
Remuneration survey
We are very grateful for all of the 190 responses that
we received for this year's Report (which is an increase of 43% on last
year).
This year we have included new questions on male-female employment
ratio, staff retained as a % over last year and the number of
apprentices employed.
The Report shows salaries, wages paid and benefits given to merchant
members' staff as at 1 April 2017, for each of the thirteen UK Standard
Planning Regions and nationally.
The survey can be downloaded by BMF members once logged in here.
KPI report
The BMF’s Key Performance Indicators Report indicates how the trading performance of builders' merchants fared over the twelve months ending April compared with the two previous years.
The report highlights 15 ratios which measure the KPI’s of BMF members. The latest KPI report by the BMF is for the year ending April 2016.
CPA Weekly notes
CPA weekly notes highlight key headlines relevant for the construction industry.
CPA forecast
The CPA forecasts are available for all BMF members to view free of charge and new editions are sent every quarter.
If you would like a copy of any of these documents contact Richard Ellithorne at richard.ellithorne@bmf.org.uk (members only).