The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of trading days) for February 2026 through specialist plumbing… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows February’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were -4.3% lower than the… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for February 2026 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in the… Read more
The fight to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and embodied carbon in construction has been advanced considerably in recent months by two industry milestones. The first was an update from Heidelberg… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of trading days) for January 2026 through specialist… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in March, shows January’s builders’ merchant like-for-like total value sales (adjusted to remove the effect of trading days) were -2.6% lower… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2026 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in the… Read more
Why are we making the changes? BMBI, and PHMI, readers will notice a few changes in the way we present builders’ merchant sales data in the reports. One of the… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in March, shows like-for-like Q4 2025 value sales, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were +0.7% higher than… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ like-for-like value sales for Q4 2025, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were -1.2% lower than Q4… Read more
Launched in 2015, the award winning monthly Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is the only reliable measure of repair, maintenance & improvement (RMI) activity in the UK. Filling an important gap, it can be widely used in construction, and by economists, Government, national media, commentators and influencers outside the industry.
