INDUSTRY VOICE
BMF unveils
strategy for Building Excellence
BMF wins Best Trade Association Award
THE BMF SCORED a double success in the prestigious Association Excellence Awards 2018, winning the top honour of Overall Best Association as well as the prize for Best Association Website.
THE BMF UNVEILED its strategy for the next three years at its Members’ Day Conference, promising to help members to build excellence within every aspect of their business. The BMF revealed a new strapline, Building Excellence, alongside its mission and vision through to 2020, by when it aims to be regarded as the leading trade association in the building materials industry for merchants and suppliers. It also aims to increase total membership from the current 655 to 800. Success will see BMF members excel at providing materials and services and the BMF itself representing 90% of the merchant sector and successfully promoting the sector’s vital contribution to UK economic growth.
The strategy follows extensive research with members to find out what matters most to them. The result will see the BMF extend its widely respected training and business services, recharge its youth recruitment campaign and increase its political campaigning, focusing on priority issues identified by its membership. BMF CEO John Newcomb said, “This is evolution rather than revolution, but our new strategy encompasses a bold vision. It represents a move away from just being the glue that sticks a diverse and sometimes fragmented industry together, to a role of greater leadership as the backbone of the industry standing up for members’ interests in the political arena.”
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The Association Excellence Awards, judged by a panel of over 20 CEOs and senior managers, recognise and reward the achievements of UK trade bodies, professional membership organisations and associations. Awarding the BMF the prize for Overall Best Association under 1000 members, the judges said
that the Federation demonstrated strength in policy, membership events, communications, training and had genuine sector leadership. BMF CEO, John Newcomb said, “We are honoured and delighted to see the BMF’s work on behalf
of our members recognised in this way. To win two Association of Excellence Awards in one year is an incredible achievement, and for one of those to be the Best Trade Association of our size is a fantastic tribute to the professionalism of the BMF team.” “Our mission is to help merchant and supplier members build excellence into their business. We will continue to develop the policies and programmes that helped us achieve recognition to support our members with services that help them to succeed in their markets.”
New team heads up thriving BMF Young Merchant Group
GLENN PADDISON, BRANCH Director at MKM Building Supplies is the new Chair of the BMF’s Young Merchant Group, taking over from Victoria Fiddies of Catnic who has just completed her two-year term as Chair. Glenn will be supported by Jo Callow, Merchant Sales Support Manager at Knauf Insulation, who was elected to replace Glenn as the Vice Chair. Glenn said, “I am honoured to have the
BMF DIARY DATES
NOVEMBER 15 BMF Transport & Distribution Forum, BMF, Coventry
20 BMF Roofing & Insulation Forum, BMF, Coventry
21 BMF West Midlands regional meeting, Geberit, Warwick
22 BMF South West regional meeting, RGB, Tiverton
23 Builders Merchants Awards for Excellence, Park Lane Hilton, London
27 BMF Timber Forum, John A Stephens, Nottingham
29 BMF 40th Anniversary Dinner, The Belfry
DECEMBER 4 BMF HR Forum, Coventry Conferences Technology Centre, Coventry University
5 BMF Yorkshire regional meeting, Middlethorpe Hall, York
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BMF London regional meeting, the Shard, London
13 BMF Bricks, Blocks & Landscaping Forum, venue TBC
2019 JANUARY 25 BMF Burns Supper, Doubletree Hilton, Dunblane
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BMF Northern Ireland regional meeting, venue TBC.
MARCH 11-15 ISH, Messe Frankfurt 27-28 BMF Roofing, Cladding & Insulation Show, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
APRIL 3 BMF Marketing Forum, Worcester Bosch, Worcester
10 NMBS Exhibition, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
JUNE
13-16 BMF All-Industry Conference, Dubrovnik
JULY 11 Bob Beaver Memorial Shoot, Royal Berkshire Shooting Ground
SEPTEMBER 18-19 BMF Members’ Day Annual Conference & Awards, St George’s Park, Tatenhill, Burton on Trent
To book your place or for more information about BMF events please visit
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opportunity to take on the role of Chair and would like to thank everyone who voted for me as well as MKM Building Supplies for supporting me.” Newly-appointed Vice Chair, Jo Callow, said, “I’m delighted that I will be continuing the strong and encouraging female presence following Vic’s term of office and look forward to working with Glenn.”
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