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The latest BMBI merchant sales figures reflect the impact the Iran war has had on the UK market, with Q1 2026 like-for-like value sales down -3.2% compared to Q1 2025… Read more
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Q2 2025 – the story behind the numbers. The BMBI Q2 report is out giving us a much clearer picture of how 2025 is shaping up. Q2 delivered a second… Read more
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At the end of February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced ‘The Windsor Framework: A new way forward’ as a EU trade deal breakthrough, brokered with French President Macron. As is… Read more
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At the end of February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced ‘The Windsor Framework: A new way forward’ as a EU trade deal breakthrough, brokered with French President Macron. As is… Read more
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At the end of February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced ‘The Windsor Framework: A new way forward’ as a EU trade deal breakthrough, brokered with French President Macron. As is… Read more
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The award-winning Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is now available in a new Executive Summary format, providing busy industry professionals with a snapshot of the month’s key data and… Read more
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) show that Q4 2021 recorded the third highest quarterly BMBI sales ever. However, growth is being driven exclusively by pricing… Read more
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants were 17.4% higher in… Read more
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The latest total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants recorded the third-highest quarterly BMBI sales ever, rounding off a record-breaking year for merchants. However, with growth driven exclusively by pricing –… Read more
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reveal that builders’ merchants’ year-on-year value sales to roofers and contractors were 17.4% higher in November 2021 compared to the… 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.
