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The UK is facing a convergence of long-standing structural problems and urgent environmental, social, and political pressures. Population growth, infrastructure decay, a... Learn More
Positive start to 2025 for Plumbing & Heating Merchants with Q1 value sales up +4.0%
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in May, shows Q1 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing &... Learn More
Merchant Q1 sales up +0.9% year-on-year. March sales jump +7.2% year-on-year.
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1... Learn More
Dynamic data for dynamic markets
Markets are constantly churning. Add in Trump’s turbulence, and Black Swan events, those 1-in-100-year shocks that are happening more often than predicted.... Learn More
Merchants’ February value sales down -1.2% year-on-year but up +3.8% as like-for-like
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for February 2025 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
February Builders Merchants’ value sales fall -2.7%. Volumes flat (-0.1%) as price drops -2.6%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in February were down -2.7% compared... 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
A more positive start for P&H Merchants with January year-on-year value sales up +0.7% and volume sales up +6.4%
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for January 2025 through specialist plumbing... Learn More
2024 fizzles to a close with Plumbing & Heating Merchants Q4 value sales flat (-0.2%) and rising volumes cancelled out by price cuts
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in February, shows Q4 2024 total value sales through specialist Plumbing &... 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