Rates & Data

Display Advertisment Rates £sterling
 
1 6 12
  A4 PAGE

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(250x175mm)
£1,455
£1,730
£2,180
£1,425
£1,715
£2,130
£1,400
£1,690
£2,095
  HALF A4 PAGE

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(130x175mm or 250x85mm)
£855
£1,145
£1,615
£835
£1,120
£1,605
£815
£1,100
£1,575
  QUARTER A4 PAGE

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(130x85mm or 70x175mm)
£445
£730
£730
£430
£715
£715
£415
£700
£700
  TABLOID PAGE

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(370x265mm)
£1,925
£2,230
£2,645
£1,875
£2,140
£2,595
£1,820
£2,080
£2,550
  HALF TABLOID

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(370x130 or 180x265mm)
£1,400
£1,695
£2,165
£1,370
£1,650
£2,115
£1,340
£1,615
£2,080
  THIRD TABLOID

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(370x85 or 120x265mm)
£1,090
£1,390
£1,850
£1,070
£1,365
£1,825
£1,050
£1,340
£1,810
  QUARTER TABLOID

  Mono
  Spot Colour
  Full Colour
(180x130 or 85x265mm)
£875
£1,170
£1,645
£855
£1,150
£1,625
£830
£1,120
£1,595
Inserts: Accepted by arrangement
Company Bulletin: £7,600
Semi-Display Advertising

Recruitment Mono £29.00 per scc. 
Spot Colour £30.00p per scc
Full Colour £33.00p per scc
Box Number £10.00p
Tenders, Businesses for Sale, For Sale and Wanted Mono £26.00 per scc. 
Spot Colour £27.00p per scc.
Full Colour £29.00p per scc.
Internet Directory 6 Issues: £25 each
12 Issues: £20 each
Product Update £145 (type area 70x135mm)
Buyers' Guide Full Colour 6 Insertions at £60 each  
or 12 Insertions at £50 each.
(type area 35x85mm)
 


Advertising Facts

Display Advertisment Facts

Base: Published advertising paging, including supplements but not inserts, appearing in issues from January to December 2007.

* Builders' Merchants News 489.00 pages  44%
Builders' Merchants Journal 318.75 pages 29%
Professional Builders' Merchants 292.75 pages 27%

* Builders' Merchants News tabloid and half tabloid page advertisements are equated as A4 page equivalents as space charges are similar or more expensive than other merchant magazines A4 prices. Similarly, a quarter tabloid page advertisement is equated as a half A4 page advertisement.

Fact. Builders' Merchants News published more display advertisement equivalent pages (+170.25 pages, +53.4%) during the period than its nearest competitor.
Fact. Builders' Merchants News is the advertisers first choice for placing space: - more advertisers and more advertising paging.

Semi Display & Recruitment Advertising

N.B. Advertisements analysed includes recruitment advertising, for sale and wanted space, products and service, distributors and literature advertisements.

Recruitment Advertising

Jan to DEC 07 % of recruitment advertising
*Builders' Merchants News 5,619 scc 62%
Builders' Merchants Journal 3,501 scc 38%
Professional Builders' Merchants NIL 0%
Semi Display Advertising

Jan to Dec'06 % of total semi display advertising
*Builders' Merchants News 14,476 scc 68%
Builders' Merchants Journal 3,450 scc 16%
Professional Builders' Merchants 3,484 scc 16%

Fact. Builders' Merchants News is the advertisers first choice for placing semi display space: - more advertisers and more advertising pages.

Advertising Data

Copy Requirements
Complete artwork can be sent on CD, zip disk, floppy disk or via ISDN on 0208 680 1435. All formats need to be Apple Mac compatible. The publication uses Quark Xpress, illustrator and PhotoShop software. All work supplied needs to be set to the exact size of the booked advertisement. All digital files, including fonts, must be included on the disk. For optimum printing results, all images should be at least 300 dpi and cymk. A colour proof must be supplied. Any other copy submissions incurring expense by Builders' Merchants News will be charged at cost.

Mechanical Data

A4
25 x 175 mm

HALF A4(vertical)
250 x 85mm

HALF A4(horizontal)
130 x 175mm

QUARTER A4(vertical)
130 x 8mm

QUARTER A4(horizontal)
70 x 175 mm

TABLOID(trim area)
370 x 265mm

TABLOID(trim size)
400 x 285mm

TABLOID(bleed size)
406 x 291mm

HALF TABLOID(vertical)
370 x 130mm

HALF TABLOID(horizontal)
180 x 265mm

THIRD TABLOID(vertical)
370 x 85mm

THIRD TABLOID(horizontal)
120 x 265mm

QUARTER TABLOID(vertical)
180 X 130mm

QUARTER TABLOID (horizontal)
85 x 265mm

EIGHTH TABLOID(horizontal)
85 x 130mm