After a buoyant pre-sales season and a booming Q1, where our biggest challenge was getting stock to customers fast enough, Q2 continued in the same vein – until it didn’t. April and May saw Covid lockdown levels… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q2 2025 were up +2.8% compared to Q2 2024. Volume sales were up +4.0% year-on-year, while… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for June 2025, along with New Order and Construction Output Price Indices for Quarter 2 2025 this morning. Main points:… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows Q2 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up +2.0% compared to Q2… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for May 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up just +0.1% compared… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in May were unchanged (0.0%) compared to May 2024. Year on year volumes… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for May 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.6% in May… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for April 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +0.7% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in June, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in April were up +3.0% compared to April 2024. Volumes increased +3.4% year-on-year,… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for April 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in April… 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.
