The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +1.4% in November 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. This was inflation-led… Read more
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for November 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to have flat growth (0.0%) in volume terms in November 2022;… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for October 2022 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were +6.7% higher than October… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +7.5% in October 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Volume sales dropped… Read more
The office for National Statistics published estimates for construction output for October 2022 this morning. Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased 0.8% in volume terms in October 2022;… Read more
Although many in our industry have become used to uncertainty and changing market conditions, the past three months have certainly been more challenging then many will remember. The world was… Read more
High inflation, now 11.1%, high energy costs, and war in Ukraine are tipping the world into recession. In Q3 we saw a further softening in market demand. General construction and… Read more
Considering the somewhat turbulent quarter we’ve witnessed at the heart of government – and that’s putting it mildly – commercial activity across the civils and green urbanisation sectors has, by… Read more
The third quarter saw a bigger drop off in demand than anticipated, as plummeting consumer confidence, uncertainty around the impact of rising energy costs and Government disruption scuppered growth. We’d… Read more
Quarter three saw an exaggerated return to pre-Covid trends, with a significant dip in demand over the school holidays that was much higher than expected. This could be attributed to… 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.
