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Like many I’ve been surprised at the speed of climate change, says Mike Rigby, CEO of MRA Research, but it appears that... Learn More
Today’s supply chain heroes
In 1998, a leading retailer became the first British retailer to make a pre-tax profit of over £1 billion. Shortly after, it... Learn More
Plumbing & Heating merchants see double digit year-on-year growth driven mainly by inflation
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for January 2023 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
January merchant sales marginally up but volumes still down year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +0.2% in January 2023 compared to... Learn More
NI merchants cautiously optimistic about the new EU trade deal
At the end of February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced ‘The Windsor Framework: A new way forward’ as a EU trade deal... Learn More
The Pulse: Merchants are confident in their own prospects, but confidence in the market starts to wobble
Builders’ merchants’ sales expectations are robust, and merchants’ confidence for the prospects of their own business remain strong. But their confidence in... Learn More
March Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates of construction output for January 2022. Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased... Learn More
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