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BMF expands into the Irish market Another
The BMF has signed a group membership agreement with Allied Merchants Buying Association (AMBA), Ireland’s leading independent merchant buying group.
Formed in 2011, AMBA is the
fastest growing merchant buying group in Ireland, encompassing 17 members with 85 outlets and an annual spend of some €130m on building materials, plumbing and heating goods and timber products. Total turnover of members is around €230m. All 17 AMBA members joined the BMF in December 2017.
John Newcomb, BMF CEO said: “While the BMF has always had the ability within its constitution to extend its reach into Ireland, strategically the impetus to join had to come from Irish merchants. When
AMBA made their request, we were delighted to respond and look forward to providing our full range of training and support services to their members. We are very excited at the prospect of developing our alliance and extending our core membership benefits to AMBA’s members.” Keith Giblin, AMBA CEO explained why AMBA has joined the BMF: “AMBA’s fundamental
purpose is as a low cost, highly professional group with strategically placed members working with partner suppliers. Our Buying Group has grown rapidly since its inception, successfully ensuring we defend and grow our members’ competitive position, profitability and market share by working together. We are continually focussed on adding further value to our members and an alliance with the BMF offers numerous opportunities to enhance our members’ businesses. Foremost amongst these is the BMF’s approach to recruitment, which is helping to attract and develop talented people within the merchant industry.” • To read more about AMBA’s membership of the BMF please visit
www.bmf.org.uk/news.
Conservative encouragement on housing
“And it is not good enough to aim for 300,000 homes in 2025 - we need to hit that target in 2020 and 2021.”
“If we don’t see a lot more houses built in the next three years, certainly as far as the Conservative Party is concerned, it’s game over”, former minister Nick Boles MP has told the BMF.
The BMF was part of an invited audience to hear leading thinker and writer Nick Boles, Tory MP for Grantham, at the prestigious think-tank, Policy Exchange, in central London. Boles, a former Minister for Planning and former Minister for Education & Skills, told guests the prospect of home ownership was slipping away for young
launched for 2018
role in ensuring an efficient flow of goods and services between manufacturers and their skilled trade customer base, but this is the first time that an Apprenticeship has been designed to meet the industry’s specific needs. It is a huge step forward.”
The new Trade Supplier
Apprenticeship Standard replaces the Trade
Business Service framework apprenticeship, formerly used by merchants. The new Standard is far more closely aligned with the merchant working environment, receiving approval from the Skills
BMJ January 2018
Funding Agency and OFQUAL, and is be eligible for funding under the new Levy system. For more information about BMF apprenticeships and training please visit
www.bmf.
org.uk.
hopefuls. He blamed cowardice amongst the Conservative Party to tackle the issue seriously. “The biggest single missing piece in policy to date was there was no substantial long- term commitment by central government to build new genuinely affordable homes. And until we have that, we won’t be doing enough to help people needing a home,” he added. Mr Boles said the biggest social, economic and political problem in the country is housing - and that was not true at any point in the last 5 years Brett Amphlett, BMF Policy & Public Affairs’ Manager, asked if borough and district councillors are brave enough to take on local opposition to properly considered, much needed, housing projects.
momentous year
The BMF celebrates three landmark anniversaries in 2018: 110 years as a trade body; 40 years as the Builders’ Merchants Federation; and 5 years since relocating to Coventry. To celebrate these landmarks in the BMF’s history the BMF will be arranging three special events during 2018. On 24 April there will be a Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons, in the Autumn, the first Young Merchants’ Conference and, on 29 November, a special Anniversary Members’ Dinner at the Belfry. Full details of anniversary events will be announced in due course and will also be posted on
www.bmf.org.uk/events.
The BMF welcome the following new merchant members:
Barryroe Cooperative Ltd Dairygold Agri Business Ltd Donegal Plumbing & Heating Supplies Ltd
Drinagh Co-op Ltd Ganly Hardware & Heating Ltd Home Project Centre Ltd Hurst Summerhill Mayo & Company Joyce & Sons (Headford) Ltd Limerick Paint Supplies Ltd Maurice Graham Ltd MD O’Shea & Sons Ltd Morris Builder Providers Ltd NC Paint & Décor Ltd P J McDaid & Sons Ltd - T/A McDaids Bathroom Plumbing Tiles PJ Nolan Heating & Plumbing Supplies Ltd Stakelums Hardware Limited Walsh Wholesale Ltd
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