Market Reports & Surveys

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 […]
15th April 2025

Glenigan Construction Review: Tariffs Tighten Pressure – Project-Starts Drop 21% as Export Disruption Looms

Glenigan, powered by Hubexo (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the April 2025 edition of its Construction Review. The […]
11th April 2025

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: No Growth in 3 Months to February 2025

The main points: Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in volume terms in February 2025; this follows a downwardly revised decrease of […]
8th April 2025

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Activity Rises Amid Stronger New Order Growth

Key points: First rise in total activity in three months Employment and purchasing activity expand Business confidence at 16-month low The Irish construction sector ended the […]
5th April 2025

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Sharpest Pace of Job Shedding Since October 2020

Key Findings: Output levels fall for the third month in a row  Lowest business optimism since October 2023 Input cost inflation highest for 26 months UK […]
5th April 2025

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI: New Orders Fall at Softest Rate for Nearly Three Years

Key findings: Slower drop in new orders aids softer fall in activity Renewed shortening in suppliers’ delivery times Construction firms least downbeat on outlook since early-2022 […]
5th April 2025

HCOB France Construction PMI: Housing-led Downturn Continues in France

Key Findings: Residential sub-sector weighs harshly on construction activity in France New orders and employment fall, but at reduced rates Costs stabilise in March and business […]