December Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for October 2025 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output... Learn More
How is UK construction surprisingly like Europe?
“What does UK Construction have in common with mainland Europe? It’s not a trick question,” says Mike Rigby, MD of MRA Research.... Learn More
MRA’s Research Roundup – December 2025
As 2025 wraps up, MRA Research reviews the latest data and recent developments in the construction sector to help make sense of... Learn More
Q3 2025 – the story behind the numbers
The Q3 2025 edition of the Builders Merchants Building Index was published last week. Find out what leading industry experts have to... Learn More
Celebrating excellence at the CMAs
Last week, we celebrated being a finalist in the Best use of Customer Research and Insight category at the 2025 Construction Marketing... Learn More
P&H Merchants’ Q3 value sales up +2.8% year-on-year
The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in December, shows Q3 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing &... Learn More
Merchant Q3 value sales down -0.1% but September is up +4.6% year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q3 2025 were down -0.1% compared to Q3... Learn More
Can we trust the data?
Our MD, Mike Rigby, recently joined Paul Heming on the Own the Build podcast to discuss the reliability of data in the... Learn More
November Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for September 2025 and Quarter 3 2025 this morning. Main points:... Learn More
76% of merchants experience squeezed margins
The first edition in a new series of ‘The Pulse’ surveys of merchant branch managers found their biggest problems in Q3 were... Learn More