Analyst calls the figures “remarkable” but warns further supply issues could hit the industry in 2022 Sales at builders merchants may have grown by nearly 30% last year during construction’s rapid ...

Turnover and profits have surged at an acquisitive builders' merchant that can trace its roots back to the 1800s. J T Atkinson was established in 1860 when James Atkinson left the family watermill in ...

A Cornish-based builder’s merchant has expanded with the acquisition of a counterpart, supported by a six-figure finance package from Barclays. Established in 1965, Richards Builders Merchants is ...

Builders merchants saw trade slump by 20% late last year. Sales plummeted between October and December compared with the year before, according to trade body the Builders Merchants Federation.