After a flying start to pre-season sales at the end of 2024, the uplift in demand for paving products has continued into Q1, where one of our biggest challenges has… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. There was a moderate increase in volume… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for March 2025 and new orders January to March 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for February 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were down -1.2% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in February were down -2.7% compared to the same month in 2024. Volume sales… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for February 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in volume… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in March, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in January down -2.3% compared to the same month in 2024. Volume sales were… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for January 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants up +0.7% compared to January… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in volume… Read more
Economic conditions in the last quarter of 2024 appeared to remain flat, and there was little respite with the incoming new UK government. Housing reflected that with an unremarkable end… 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.
