Market Reports & Surveys

3rd April 2026

PHMI: January Like-for-Like Value Sales up +3.0% Y-o-Y but Price Drives the Increase

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total like-for-like value sales (adjusted to remove the impact of trading days) for […]
27th March 2026

NBS Releases New Guide on Embodied Carbon Calculations for BIM Objects

NBS (part of Hubexo), a leading specification and product information platform for the construction industry, has partnered with Circular Ecology, environmental sustainability specialists and authors of […]
23rd March 2026

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Outlook Remains Cautious

The RIBA has published its Future Trends Survey results for February 2026. As 2026 begins, the profession’s outlook for future work is showing signs of ongoing […]
17th March 2026

UK Construction Performance Dives Further, According to Glenigan Review

Glenigan | A Hubexo Company (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the March 2026 edition of its Construction Review. […]
13th March 2026

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Fourth Consecutive Fall in Three-Monthly Series

The main points: Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in the three months to January 2026; this is the fourth consecutive fall […]
12th March 2026

RIBA Future Trends Survey: 2026 Begins with a Cautious Return to Optimism

The RIBA has published its Future Trends Survey results for January 2026. As 2026 begins, the profession’s outlook for future work is showing signs of ongoing […]
11th March 2026

PHMI: Disappointing End to 2025 for P&H Merchants

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in March, shows like-for-like Q4 2025 value sales, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, […]
11th March 2026

BMBI: Disappointing December Rounds Off a Tough Trading Year for Builders’ Merchants

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ like-for-like value sales for Q4 2025, adjusted to remove the impact of trading days, were […]
10th March 2026

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Renewed Rise in Activity as New Order Growth Hits Four-Year High

Key points: First rise in construction activity in ten months Marked expansion of new orders Faster increases in employment and purchasing activity The latest AIB Ireland […]
5th March 2026

UK Construction Remains Mired by Relentless Market Maelstrom, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan has release the March 2026 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of February 2026, covering all underlying […]
5th March 2026

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Faster Decline in Housing Activity Weighs on Sector Output

Key Findings: Construction activity falls for fourteenth successive month Sharper decline in new orders, but business optimism improves again Input cost inflation highest since July 2025 […]
5th March 2026

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI®: Activity Contracts at Slower Pace In February

Key findings: Reductions recorded across all three monitored segments Cost inflation at highest in nearly three years Business confidence reaches highest level since February 2022 The […]