As we move beyond the half-way point of 2025, the industry is experiencing an uptick in confidence, driven by modest growth in Q2. Off the back of more stable interest… Read more
If 2025 is the first ‘normal’ year since 2020 then it is not great. While April was decent, May and June nullified any momentum that was building. There has been… Read more
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
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.
