The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +0.2% in January 2023 compared to the same month in 2022. This nominal growth… Read more
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for January 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased 1.7% in volume terms in January 2023; this… Read more
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q4 2022 recorded +2.9% year-on-year growth, with +16.4% price inflation compensating for volumes which fell -11.6%. With one less trading day… Read more
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for December 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to be flat (0.0% growth) in volume terms in December 2022;… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for November 2022 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were +6.9% higher than November… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +1.4% in November 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. This was inflation-led… Read more
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for November 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to have flat growth (0.0%) in volume terms in November 2022;… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Volume sales dropped… Read more
The office for National Statistics published estimates for construction output for October 2022 this morning. Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased 0.8% in volume terms in October 2022;… Read more
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q3 2022 recorded +4.3% year-on-year growth. However, price inflation (+14.6%) continues to drive the increase in sales, as volumes fall -9.0%…. 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.
