Market Reports & Surveys

7th October 2025

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: First Rise in New Orders in Three Months as Activity Moves Towards Stabilisation

Key Findings: Total Activity Index nears 50.0 no-change mark at 49.8 Fresh rise in new orders following back-to-back declines Cost pressures ease to lowest in over […]
7th October 2025

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Civil Engineering Remains the Only Bright Spot in September

Key findings: Civil engineering activity grows for third time in four months Sustained downturns in housing and commercial segments Business expectations tick up slightly Total industry […]
3rd October 2025

BMBI: Builder’s Merchant Value Sales Virtually Flat in July (+0.1%) Y-o-Y But Volumes Up +0.6%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in September, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in July 2025 were virtually flat (+0.1%) compared to […]
2nd October 2025

Performance Plummets with Market Confidence in Short Supply, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan | Powered by Hubexo, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, has released the October 2025 edition of its Construction Index. The Index reviews […]
26th September 2025

Building Materials Growth Forecast for 2025 but Outlook Uncertain, According to BMF

The latest Forecast Report from the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation), published today, reveals a slight upward adjustment to 2.5% in the baseline forecast for sales of […]
25th September 2025

Fragile but Stabilising Sector, Suggests Gleeds’ Market Report

The latest Market Report from international property and construction consultancy Gleeds suggests the government is failing to instil widespread optimism amongst construction professionals, as less than […]
22nd September 2025

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Remains Generally Positive But Outlook Deteriorating

The RIBA has published its Future Trends Survey results for August 2025. Twenty per cent of small practices anticipate an increase in workloads in the next […]
19th September 2025

Two-Fifths of Industry Now Using AI: Insights from the NBS Construction Leaders’ Summit 2025

NBS (powered by Hubexo), the platform for connected construction information, brought together senior figures from across the built environment at the Construction Leaders’ Summit 2025 on […]
18th September 2025

Glenigan Construction Review: Residential Performance Dives, Dragging Entire Sector Down

Glenigan | Powered by Hubexo (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the September 2025 edition of its Construction Review. […]
12th September 2025

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Growth of 0.2% in July 2025

The main points: Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.6% in the three months to July 2025.  Over the three-month period, new work […]
9th September 2025

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: New Orders Decrease for First Time in Seven Months

Key points: Activity falls amid renewed reduction in new business Employment continues to rise Input costs up sharply again Irish construction activity continued to fall during […]
5th September 2025

BMBI: Merchant Q2 Value Sales Up +2.8% Y-o-Y as Volumes Pick Up +4.0%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q2 2025 were up +2.8% compared to Q2 2024. Volume sales were […]