Market Reports & Surveys

28th July 2026

BMBI: Flat Builders’ Merchant Value Sales in May But Volumes Fell -5.8% Y-o-Y

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 effect of trading days) […]
28th July 2026

PHMI: May’s P&H Merchants Like-for-Like Value Sales Up +1.3% Y-o-Y 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 trading days) for May […]
27th July 2026

Construction Activity to Fall Significantly in 2026, According to CPA Summer Forecasts

The CPA’s forecast for construction output has been downgraded further in its Summer forecast, published today, due to the lagged impacts of the Middle East conflict […]
23rd July 2026

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Confidence Improves to a Certain Extent Across Practices of all Sizes

The RIBA has published its Future Trends Survey results for June 2026. Architects’ outlook for future work weakened further in May, as the RIBA Workload Index […]
16th July 2026

Glenigan Review: Starts and Awards Slow During Second Quarter

Glenigan | A Hubexo Product (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the July 2026 edition of its Construction Review. […]
16th July 2026

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: 0.8% Fall in May 2026

The main points: Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 1.6% in the three months to May 2026; this is the third consecutive increase […]
15th July 2026

Supplier Price Increases Hit Merchants Hard, According to MRA Reports

MRA Building Market Reports (MRA Reports) latest update on the general builders’ merchant market, which includes a quarterly Pulse survey of builders’ merchant confidence, sales expectations […]
14th July 2026

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Renewed Reductions in Output and New Orders in June

Key points: Construction activity down markedly Input costs rise sharply again Employment continues to increase The latest AIB Ireland Construction PMI® data pointed to renewed falls […]
9th July 2026

Geopolitical Instability Trigger for Cost Inflation, Says Gleeds’ Q2 2026 Market Report

The latest Market Report from international property and construction consultancy Gleeds suggests that geopolitics remains the dominant near-term concern for construction, with 39% of respondents ranking […]
8th July 2026

Poor Product Data Costing UK Construction £3.8bn a Year

New report reveals poor product information is undermining productivity, housing delivery and building safety compliance. 52 per cent say a lack of digitalisation is causing revenue […]
7th July 2026

Is UK Construction Stuck in a Rut? Asks Glenigan Index

Glenigan has released the July 2026 edition of its Construction Index, which focuses on the three months to the end of June 2026, covering all underlying projects, with […]
7th July 2026

alrajhi capital Saudi Construction Index: Fastest Rise in Output So Far in 2026 as New Orders Rebound

Key points: Construction activity picks up for second month running Robust improvement in new order intakes Year ahead growth outlook highest since survey began in January […]