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
May Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for March 2025 and new orders January to March 2025 this morning.... 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
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
What does the Spring Statement mean for the industry?
The chancellor delivered the much-anticipated Spring Statement speech earlier this week. Here is a summary of the key points and the construction... Learn More
MRA Research at the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants City & Awards Lunch
Recently, MRA Research was delighted to attend the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants’ prestigious City & Awards Lunch at Painters’ Hall in... 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