£4,347. 260%. 8 million. Three numbers that tell the story of demand for mineral wool insulation over the coming months. £4,347 is the latest prediction for a typical annual energy… Read more

Wow! What happened? The political world has convulsed across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Nothing new I suppose. The third quarter of 2022 is certainly a change from the previous… Read more

The third quarter presented more unforeseen challenges for UK construction with as much uncertainty as any period over the past decade. Political turmoil over the past few months have made… Read more

Fasteners and fixings are everywhere in construction and make building possible but, unlike some bigger construction products, they may not be what people think about first. So firstly, an introduction…. Read more

Quarter 3 did not perform as expected, with a loss of momentum and uncertainty over construction demand in the second half of 2022 impacting aggregate sales. According to the Mineral… Read more

It’s estimated that global construction levels equate to a city the size of Paris being built every week, it’s therefore unsurprising that construction and the built environment accounts for 38%… Read more

In this past quarter we have seen more positive trends despite continued raw material shortages. The market appears to have stabilised in the last two months with September down just… Read more

There has been a cooling off in demand for PVC-U windows and doors over the last quarter, and although as a business we are up on average 19% month-on-month, this… Read more

At the start of Q3, as expected, we experienced reduced demand over the summer months primarily as a result of seasonality. Demand picked up towards the end of the quarter… Read more

Construction output bucked the wider economic trend by rising slightly in August. It remains above pre-pandemic levels and looks relatively strong in the near-term. However, as we enter the winter… Read more