Q2 2023 has continued in much the same vein as Q1, with a softening of demand for wood products and a fall in prices, which have finally bottomed out after… Read more

As our industry continues to digitalise, most businesses selling construction products understand the need for evolution, whether modernising processes or implementing new systems, as standing still is not an option…. Read more

The first quarter of 2023 can only be described as slow. Slow when we compare to “normal” for the start of the year (assuming we can remember far enough back… Read more

Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased +0.2% in volume terms, following an upwardly revised increase of +2.6% increase in February 2023 by the Office of National Statistics (ONS)…. Read more

Although demand has remained subdued with slowing new house building and the economic conditions putting pressure on the RM&I sector, sales are generally more robust than predicted at the end… Read more

It was a comparatively quiet start to 2023 with marginal economic growth, a slowdown in construction and subdued aggregate demand. Low consumer confidence and higher mortgage rates affected housebuilders’ expectations,… Read more

The quarterly nature of these updates demands a focus on the immediate, but this time I’m keen to discuss a bigger issue. One whose sheer scale doesn’t necessarily create tangible… Read more

In what was predicted to be a slower start to 2023, Q1 volumes were lower than the same period last year, in line with our forecast. More positively, we have… Read more

The first quarter of 2023 is down on the previous year, but it’s less than expected, remembering that the first half of 2022 was still in the post-Covid construction boom…. Read more

With energy prices still at record highs and only weeks to go before Government support for home energy bills is lowered, new figures from a YouGov survey of homeowners, commissioned… Read more