Plumbing & Heating Merchant Q4 sales up +10.3% on Q422 with +11.0% inflation
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in February, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants... Learn More
Nominal uplift in Q4 2022 sales, but inflation still drives growth
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q4 2022 recorded +2.9% year-on-year growth, with +16.4% price inflation compensating for volumes... Learn More
Everyone’s talking about sustainability, but is enough being done to sustain Construction?
Short of skills, short of women and short of young people to replace those about to retire in the next ten years,... Learn More
The Pulse: Forget the gloomy forecasts. Merchants are full of confidence.
Most economists are forecasting a shallow and relatively short recession, and technically we still seem to be on the brink of recession.... Learn More
Research your next competitive marketing advantage!
How effective is your marketing? Are you growing market share, losing to competitors or treading water and drifting, asks Mike Rigby, CEO... Learn More
February Construction Update from BEIS
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for November 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to be flat... Learn More
The Pulse: Merchants start the New Year with a spring in their step
Despite continuing strong headwinds, and the steady drip of gloomy news from Westminster and Fleet Street, Merchant sales expectations for the first... Learn More