The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for May 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up just +0.1% compared… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in May were unchanged (0.0%) compared to May 2024. Year on year volumes… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in February were down -2.7% compared to the same month in 2024. Volume sales… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for February 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in volume… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in March, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in January down -2.3% compared to the same month in 2024. Volume sales were… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for January 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants up +0.7% compared to January… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in volume… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in May, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up +9.6% in Q1 2023 compared to… Read more
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q1 2023 recorded a -2.3% drop in year-on-year growth, with volume sales falling -16.4% countered by +16.9% price inflation. With one… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for March 2023 this morning. • Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased 0.2% in volume terms in March… 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.
