Total Builders Merchants value sales were flat (+0.2%) in July 2022 compared July last year. Volume sales were -12.8% lower with price up +15.0%. There was no difference in trading… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for July 2022 this morning. Following the 1.4% decrease in June 2022, monthly construction output decreased 0.8% in volume terms… Read more
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up +2.7% in Q2 2022 compared to… Read more
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q2 2022 recorded the highest revenue since the BMBI started, despite lacklustre June sales. However, with Q2 volumes falling -11.3% compared… Read more
The timber industry has seen a slowdown in demand over recent weeks – some describing it as a correction, others as a collapse – and it may be different in… Read more
The market for porcelain continues to grow, while sales of sandstone are still in decline. Good quality porcelain is now cheaper to buy than natural sandstone, so it’s an obvious… Read more
Research from The Pulse showed that a combination of factors including price increases, energy costs, and uncertainty about the war in Ukraine have all affected merchants’ confidence in the market…. Read more
Market demand for bricks and roof tiles continued to be very strong in the second quarter of 2022. Despite rising interest rates and inflation, the demand for new homes still… Read more
A few months back, in March, we began to see a slight easing in the constraints around material availability. But as we rolled into quarter two, mounting concerns over the… Read more
Quarter two 2022 followed the same strong pattern as quarter one. Strong in the sense of steady daily sales as compared to the madness of 2021. While demand is on… 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.
