April Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for February 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is... Learn More
Merchant’s value sales were down -2.3% in January year-on-year, with volume sales flat and prices down -2.3%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in March, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in January down -2.3% compared to... Learn More
Digitalisation in the construction industry
Technology and digitalisation is being adopted at an ever increasing pace. What have been the benefits of digitalisation to the construction industry?... Learn More
March Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for January 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is... Learn More
Year 2024 Merchant value sales -4.1% down on 2023. But Q4 eases to -0.5% on Q423.
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q4 2024 were down -0.5% compared to Q4... Learn More
February Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for December 2024, along with new orders and Construction Output Price Indices... Learn More
Building for Tomorrow’s Climate
Britain’s homes weren’t built for today’s climate, let alone tomorrow’s wetter, warmer, windier world of extremes. It’s cooling and heating, energy efficiency,... Learn More
Merchant’s November value sales fall -4.6%, as prices fall -3.4%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in January, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in November were down -4.6% compared... Learn More
January Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for November 2024 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is... Learn More
The money to invest in growth
Britain needs to invest in housing, utilities, healthcare, prisons and court houses, schools, fast broadband, defence and so on. Add it up... Learn More