In a tough market, Keylite had a strong Quarter Three. However, confidence in the market remains relatively low, with limited near-term expectation of significant improvement from merchants, builders or installers…. Read more
In a tough market, Keylite had a strong Quarter Three. However, confidence in the market remains relatively low, with limited near-term expectation of significant improvement from merchants, builders or installers…. Read more
In what is still a tough market, more contractors are fighting over less volume, creating more quoting and re-quoting activity for suppliers and merchants. The inevitable war on price is… Read more
In a mixed market, Keylite came strongly out of the blocks with excellent sales growth over the prior year. January & February were good, but March was over 30% up… Read more
Quarter four was a challenging end to a disappointing year which hit a seven-year low for house completions (excluding Covid). To stay agile in tough market conditions, a lot of… Read more
Since our last update, the UK Government has delivered their Autumn Budget. In doing so, they have managed to deflate confidence with new fiscal rules that seem to have pleased… Read more
After a slow start to the year, Quarter 2 brought little to cheer about. Activity levels remained subdued and the General Election created a distraction. The general consensus amongst merchants… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for December 2023 this morning. The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for December 2023 this morning…. Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for September 2023 this morning. • Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased 0.4% in volume terms in September… Read more
Looking back to ‘normal trading conditions’ pre-war in Ukraine, pre pandemic, and pre Brexit, these last half dozen years have taught us all is that the UK & Irish construction… Read more
At the end of 2021, we reported exceptional demand for roof windows. This prompted most suppliers to put their customers on allocation to ensure available capacity was shared fairly across… Read more