UK construction contract awards are up by 11% on July 2018 The value of all construction contract awards in July 2019 was £5.1 billion based on a three-month rolling average, which is a slight decrease of 1.8% on June. However, yearly comparisons indicate that contract awards values in July 2019 were 11.0% higher than July 2018. In the three-month period ending July 2019, total construction contract awards were valued at £15.3 billion, which is an increase of 14% on the previous quarter and … » more from Barbour ABI …»
Rely on the strength of steel windows The appeal of steel framed doors and windows has truly stood the test of time, spanning from old country cot es and warehouses built during the Industrial Revolution, to contemporary commercial and residential properties where designers strive for a minimalist appearance. While the success is based in part on steel's inherent strength and elegant sightlines, customers who engage with members of the Steel Window Association … » more from Steel Window Association …»
Viewing PR As Just A Marketing Tool Is Missing The Point EDINBURGH, UK, Aug 12, 2019 - When times are tough, businesses often cut the PR budget first - and small businesses may not have one at all. After all, PR is just one part of the Marketing mix, right? Wrong! To view PR as just another Marketing tool is to limit the scope of PR activities to lead generation, customer acquisition and sales. Of course, these things are important, but PR can do so much more. I have seen a … » more from The Reputation People …»
Merchants’ sales up 6% in May compared to April 2019 - but flat year on year Total Builders Merchants value sales in May 2019 were flat (+0.0%) compared with the same period in 2018. Following strong growth in the period February to April, sales were somewhat disappointing in May – in particular for Landscaping, which had seen three months of double-digit growth, but a sales increase of only 0.4% in May compared to last year. Both Timber & Joinery Products (+0.9%) and Heavy Building Materials (+0.3%) saw sale … » more from Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) …»
Be Careful What You Ask For? Performance related pay is a ject that surfaces with clients on a regular basis. Managers want to drive performance and are usually prepared to share some of the benefits of hard work but it’s not a one dimensional ject and more pay certainly does not equal more performance in a linear way (wouldn’t life be easy if it did!). There is also a lot of science that says that in tasks that require a lot of right brain cognitive acti … » more from MBA Associates Limited …»
Marketing This is one of those mess with your mind jects. I ask about marketing because for most of the time it is not clear who the conversation is meant to be with. When seeking to promote themselves, are companies reminding themselves what they do mainly for internal consumption or are they presenting a proposition to an existing customer base or is it to promote a concept to a wider audience. In a Trade Media sense, it … » more from Fenestration News …»
Merchants' sales up 5.3% in April compared to last year Total Builders Merchants value sales in April 2019 were up 5.3% compared with the same period in 2018. Having seen strong growth in both February and March, sales in the seasonable Landscaping category continued to improve in April and were up 17% compared to last year, as the weather stayed drier than usual. Timber & Joinery Products and Heavy Building Materials performed well, with sales growth of 5.5% and 4.5% respectively. … » more from Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) …»
Missed the budget already? Setting annual sales objectives is a crucial part of any company's forecasting and hence the budgeting process but in our experience this sales forecasting process is often misunderstood as indeed is the whole budgeting exercise. A budget is a measure of a strategy - in other words the strategy comes first and the budget is a numerical expression of what we expect the results of executing that strategy to be. Often the process is les … » more from MBA Associates Limited …»
BMBI reports sales growth at UK Builders Merchants Total Q1 sales were up 5.9% compared with the same period in 2018. Landscaping products saw the strongest annual value growth (+15.6%). The two largest product categories also performed well with Heavy Building Materials up 6.8% and Timber & Joinery Products rising by 6.6%. Sales in all three product groups were adversely weather-affected in 2018 so a stronger performance during a relatively mild, dry winter was to be expected. … » more from Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) …»
A positive start to 2019 Total Builders Merchant value sales were up 5.0% in January compared with January 2018. Four categories did better, including the two biggest: Timber & Joinery Products (+6.2%) and Heavy Building Materials (+6.1%). Plumbing Heating & Electrical (+2.8%) and Decorating (+2.7%) were among five categories that grew more slowly and Workwear & Safetywear (-4.9%) was one of three that sold less. The Builders Merchant Building Index … » more from Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) …»
“All’s Fair in Love and War”…and Business? “All’s fair in love and war” usually accompanied by a smirk from the person delivering the justification for something that you probably see as patently unfair is something we’ve all probably heard at some time or another but is it right? Part of the problem when considering ethics in business revolves around the spectrum of what is ‘right’ and the fact that business is essentially a competitive endeavour and of cou … » more from MBA Associates Limited …»
FT Technologies Acoustic Insulation – London FT technologies were experiencing severe noise pollution from speeding traffic on the M3 motorway. This busy stretch of the M3 can see noise levels exceed 85 decibels, high levels of constant noise can distract employees, and stantially decrease productivity levels. As a result, Granada Glazing was contracted to increase the acoustic insulation of the existing primary windows. strong The Specification strong Gra … » more from Granada Glazing Ltd …»
Barbour ABI UK construction contract awards are up by 11% on July 2018 The value of all construction contract awards in July 2019 was £5.1 billion based on a three-month rolling average, which is a slight decrease of 1.8% on June. However, yearly comparisons indicate that contract awards values in July 2019 were 11.0 ... »
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