Double digit August Plumbing & Heating sales growth
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for August 2022 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
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October Construction Update from BEIS
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for August 2022 this morning. Monthly construction output increased by 0.4% in... Learn More
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Plumbing & Heating Merchants value sales in July 2022 were +9.1% higher than in July last year. However, growth came from prices (+10.7%), with volume sales down -1.4%
July’s total plumbing and heating value sales, from over 70% of specialist Plumbing & Heating Merchants throughout Great Britain, were +9.1% higher... Learn More
July’s value sales were flat +0.2% compared with July 2021 – compared with pre-Covid July 2019, sales were +13.3% higher
Total Builders Merchants value sales were flat (+0.2%) in July 2022 compared July last year. Volume sales were -12.8% lower with price... Learn More
September Construction Update from BEIS
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for July 2022 this morning. Following the 1.4% decrease in June 2022,... Learn More
The Pulse: Market confidence declines further as merchants face higher costs and slowing demand
Confidence in the prospects for the market declined this month to a new low for 2022 of a net -46% year... Learn More
PHMI Q2 value sales up +2.7% year-on-year, but volume is down -5.3%
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants... Learn More
Merchant volumes fall again but price inflation makes for a record-breaking Q2
Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q2 2022 recorded the highest revenue since the BMBI started, despite lacklustre June... Learn More