The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q3 2025 were down -0.1% compared to Q3 2024. Volume sales were up +0.7% year-on-year, while… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for September 2025 and Quarter 3 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have grown… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for August 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were down -2.6% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in October, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in August 2025 were down -5.0% compared to the same month a year… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for August 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.3% in the… Read more
James Davenport, Managing Director of Metsä Wood UK, has been appointed as the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Expert for Softwoods and Engineered Timber. The BMBI, a brand of the… Read more
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for July 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +4.1% compared to… Read more
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in September, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in July 2025 were virtually flat (+0.1%) compared to July 2024. Year-on-year volumes… Read more
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for July 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.6% in the… Read more
Q2 2025 – the story behind the numbers. The BMBI Q2 report is out giving us a much clearer picture of how 2025 is shaping up. Q2 delivered a second… 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.
