The Builders Merchants Federation

It is unique in its outlook to galvanise merchants from the UK and Ireland into a force that can make change in the industry, with the members combined sales of over $44 billion and employing over 203,000 people. There are 448 merchant members that operate from 5800 branches across the UK and Ireland, specialising in various activities of building materials supply.

As a Service Provider, grow forward has been accepted to support these members to increase their understanding of digital, marketing and solutions that will enhance their journey to great digital solutions. grow forward aims to support all of the members on this journey to ensure that the complexity of digital, ecommerce and marketing are broken down into easy to understand components and that the intended outcome is achieved. With grow forward’s unique skills and solutions it is ideally suited to support the merchant members.

The solutions that grow forward has developed and its strong partnerships with providers of solutions that are required when thinking about obtaining, maintaining and succeeding in digital. These skills, for instance SEO, PPC, Security, and platforms, route optimisation, inventory management, warehouse management, sales and order processing, as well as introduction to software, Magento, Word Press and others that will bring partners a distinct advantage.

The Builders Merchants Federation organises events, forums, awards and interacts with the political and legislative side of the industry to develop the best relationships. It is strongly linked with the CLC (Construction Leaders Council) which is the largest trade body dealing with the users and consumers of building materials. It also supports apprenticeships and programmes on sustainability, Construct Zero, and the BMF Ambassador campaign that introduces the industry to school leavers. The Building Material Industry is a great network of many different types of people, businesses trading online, through branch networks and throughout the UK and Ireland.

grow forward is really proud to be part of a fantastic organisation and interested in growing businesses’ in this industry to be exceptional, utilising digital and ecommerce solutions to support their customer service operations. The Building Supply industry is the backbone of the UK and Ireland’s economy and is driven by independent SME’s that are brilliant at what they do.