It’s been a quarter defined by global market volatility and escalating trade disruption. The impact remains difficult to predict. Decisions being taken outside our industry, and beyond these shores, will… Read more
Knauf-Insulation Comment: Q4 2024
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
2024 ended better than it began for construction. A modest recovery gradually gathered pace over the course of the year, and we begin 2025 with the expectation that the positive… Read more
Knauf-Insulation Comment: Q3 2024
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
It’s been a challenging period for the construction industry, but the trendlines are positive as we look to the year ahead. Public policy and falling interest rates should bolster housebuilding,… Read more
Knauf-Insulation Comment: Q2 2024
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
A new government, and a new national mission for the construction industry – to build 370,000 new homes a year. This will require housebuilding at levels not seen in Britain… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q2 2022
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
These are uncertain times. Though UK GDP was surprisingly high in May, June’s Construction PMI fell to its lowest level since December 2020 – when the nation was in the… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q1 2022
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
Merchants spent much of 2021 wrestling with questions of supply and demand. 2022 has seen those two words remain at the fore, but not just in relation to products. This… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q4 2021
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
The latest data shows an industry that accelerated over the finish line in 2021. November & December sales of heavy building materials (including insulation) were up significantly on 2019 levels,… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q3 2021
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
Amid the uncertainty of last March, most of us would have pounced on any positive sign that construction was bouncing back. After a 2021 dominated by supply challenges caused in… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q2 2021
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
Neil Hargreaves, Managing Director Knauf Insulation is BMBI’s Expert for Mineral Wool Insulation. Last quarter I wrote about market challenges in the face of soaring demand for construction materials. That… Read more
Knauf Insulation Comment: Q1 2021
Posted in Expert Comment Category: Mineral Wool Insulation
Neil Hargreaves, Managing Director Knauf Insulation is BMBI’s Expert for Mineral Wool Insulation Confidence in the sector is sky-high, with a healthy recovery forecast for construction and manufacturing. In fact,… Read more
