Market Reports & Surveys

7th May 2025

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Output Continues to Slide in April

Key Findings: Slowest decline in total activity for three months as house building shows resilience Commercial work falls at fastest pace since May 2020 Strong cost […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI: Softest Fall in Activity Since February 2023

Key findings: New orders decrease at slowest rate in three years Strongest input price inflation since January 2024 Firms remain pessimistic regarding 12-month outlook The latest […]
7th May 2025

HCOB France Construction PMI: Downturn Remains Sharp

Key Findings: Broad-based decline in activity seen again in April New orders fall at sharper pace and employment shrinks Business expectations remain pessimistic The latest HCOB […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Sector Stagnates at the Start of the Second Quarter

Key Findings: Activity and new orders broadly unchanged in April Strongest rise in employment of 2025 so far, albeit only modest Below-average confidence in the future […]
7th May 2025

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Downturn in Sector Eases Considerably in April

Key findings: Total Activity Index climbs to 26-month high of 45.1 Demand shows tentative signs of stabilising as decline in new orders slows Expectations tick down […]
1st May 2025

RICS Construction Monitor: UK Workloads Stable as Industry Eyes Cautious Growth

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released its Q1 2025 UK Construction Monitor, revealing that construction workloads remain largely stable, with signs pointing to […]
30th April 2025

Shower Enclosures, Screens & Trays Market Trends & Analysis – UK 2025-2028:  New Report from MTW Research

MTW Research have published the brand new, 5th edition Trends & Analysis market trends report on the UK Showers Market, providing a fresh, independent and comprehensive review […]
30th April 2025

£60m Boost for Total Shower Market to 2028 – New Shower Controls Report from MTW Research

The new 2025 report on the UK shower market from MTW Research suggests a likely £60 million sales boost for the total shower market by 2028, […]
29th April 2025

BMBI: February Builders Merchant’s Value Sales Fall -2.7% – Volumes Flat 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 to the same month […]
29th April 2025

PHMI: Merchants’ February Value Sales Down -1.2% Y-o-Y 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 and heating merchants were […]
28th April 2025

CPA Forecasts: US Tariff Uncertainty Threatens to Overshadow UK Construction Growth

Excluding the potential impacts of the recent U.S. tariff disruption on the global and UK economies, the Construction Products Association’s Spring Forecasts, published today, show that […]
24th April 2025

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Outlook Increasingly Positive

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published the findings of its latest Future Trends Survey, a monthly report of business and employment trends affecting […]