The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. There was a moderate increase in volume… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for March 2025 and new orders January to March 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for February 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were down -1.2% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q4 2024 were down -0.5% compared to Q4 2023, as an increase in volume sales (+2.3%)… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in February, shows Q4 2024 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were marginally down (-0.2%) compared to… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for December 2024, along with new orders and Construction Output Price Indices for Q4 2024 this morning. Main points: •… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for November 2024 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were down -4.5% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in January, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in November were down -4.6% compared to the same month in 2023. Volume sales… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for November 2024 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in volume… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for October 2024 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +5.2% compared to… 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.
