Your Customer Data Is Trying to Tell You Something
Builders’ merchants and other building product distributors are being squeezed from both sides. Margins remain tight, competition is intense and customer acquisition... Learn More
Shaping the Future of Firestopping
MRA Research recently contributed to a new report by British Gypsum on firestopping. The report brings together insights from 169 professionals across... Learn More
New door & window report reveals PVCU market trends
The PVCU, aluminium and timber industries have been slow to learn from one another, but changing market conditions have driven leading companies... Learn More
Builders’ Merchants Market: Q2 Trends, Shifts & Signals
The market was hoping that confidence would start to build in Q2 but instead, demand continued to weaken. The war in the... Learn More
May’s P&H Merchants like-for-like value sales up +1.3% year-on-year, but sales volumes drop -8.0%
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of... Learn More
Flat Builders’ Merchant value sales in May, but volumes fell -5.8% year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows May 2026’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the... Learn More
July Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade
The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for July 2026 this morning. Main points: • Total construction output is estimated to have grown... Learn More
New door & window report reveals aluminium market trends
Aluminium is successfully transitioning from an upmarket niche, offering classy looking sliders and bifolds – sold at a hefty premium to property... Learn More
P&H Merchants like-for-like April sales up +0.5% year-on-year
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of... Learn More
April Merchant sales drift down as volumes fall -3.5% year-on-year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in June, shows April’s total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the effect... Learn More