Merchants’ sales expectations and confidence point up
Merchants’ sales expectations and confidence point up December’s Pulse was completed one week before the General Election. While Brexit and political... Learn More
Merchants expect a stronger market in 2020
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its seventh month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
Review of our predictions for 2019 – did they come true?
At the end of 2018, we made an attempt to predict what might change in the construction industry and the built environment... Learn More
Weaker expectations trim confidence in the market
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its sixth month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
Merchants buoyant against declining market confidence
The Pulse, MRA Research’s temperature-check on builders’ merchants’ confidence and prospects, is now in its fifth month. Starting in May 2019,... Learn More
UK waterproof panels market expected to grow by 10% in 2019
The market for tiles is mature, and although it is growing in value terms, market conditions have become more challenging since 2016/17... Learn More
Merchants’ expectations & confidence weakens
The most recent results from The Pulse, a monthly tracking survey by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, reflects builders’... Learn More
Robust outlook for merchants
The third edition of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking surveys by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, show... Learn More
Market confidence up among merchants in June
The second edition of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking surveys by MRA Research into merchants’ confidence and prospects, finds... Learn More
Confident merchants expect sales to increase
This article was first published in the Professional Builders Merchants magazine. The first issue of The Pulse, a series of monthly tracking... Learn More