The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in November, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up +10.8% in Q3 2022 compared to… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up +2.7% in Q2 2022 compared to… Read more
The latest Monthly Construction Update from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which uses the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) as one of its sources, is now… Read more
On the 4th January, the Prime Minister announced another national lockdown to control the spread of a new variant of Covid-19. While yet another lockdown is not want the country… Read more
April’s BMBI report is unlike any other. The Government enforced COVID-19 lockdown came late in March, so had a limited impact on the month. However, April took the full… Read more
British Gypsum is new BMBI Expert for Drylining Systems British Gypsum, the UK’s leading manufacturer of interior Drylining Systems, is among four industry leaders to join the Builders Merchant Building… Read more
Builders’ Merchants News recently requested the views of the BMBI Expert Panel on the effects of Brexit, exclusively for their upcoming edition of Leading Lights. Nine BMBI Experts contributed,… Read more
A comprehensive suite of videos from the second annual Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Round Table Debate are now live at www.bmbi.co.uk. The videos cover five main topics, with trailers… Read more
The Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) has been shortlisted in two categories at the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s 2018 Marketing Excellence Awards. The BMBI, which uses gold-standard sales-out data from… Read more
Total merchant sales in October were the highest since GfK began compiling BMBI sales data in July 2014 – a potential cause for celebration. However we cannot ignore likely 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.
