Market Reports & Surveys

9th August 2024

Early Positive Signs for Construction Product Manufacturing Amidst Long-Term Challenges – Construction Products Association State of Trade Survey

The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey showed early signs of recovery for the construction product manufacturing sector in the second quarter of 2024. […]
7th August 2024

Builders’ Output Slowly Recovering Says FMB

Master builder companies are reporting signs of stability within the building industry with workloads up seven per cent and enquires rising by three per cent over […]
6th August 2024

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Activity Increases at Fastest Pace in 26 Months

Key Findings: Activity rises amid much faster increase in new orders Employment increases for third month running Emerging pressure on supply chains signalled Growth accelerated in […]
6th August 2024

HCOB Eurozone Construction PMI: Activity Falls Further Amid Weak Demand

Key findings: Further marked drop in new orders drives stronger output fall Steeper decline in employment levels Business confidence drops to lowest in 2024 The eurozone […]
6th August 2024

HCOB France Construction PMI: Residential-Led Downturn Intensifies in July

Key Findings: Total Activity Index falls to lowest level since January Housing construction plummets at one of the fastest rate on record Business confidence sinks deeper […]
6th August 2024

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: New Orders Placed at Italian Firms Down Sharply in July

Key Findings: Activity and new orders both contract at quickest rate for 23 months Fastest decrease in purchasing activity for a year-and-a-half Cost pressures intensify and […]
6th August 2024

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: 11-Month High But Still Deep in Contraction Territory in July

Key findings: Decline in total activity eases for third straight month Firms continue to trim workforce numbers, but at a slower rate Input costs fall for […]
5th August 2024

A Record 4287 Construction Companies go into Insolvency in a Year as Slowdown in Commercial Property Bites

A record 4,287 construction companies entered insolvency in the UK in the year to May 31 2024*, says Forvis Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory […]
2nd August 2024

Glenigan Construction Index: Glenigan Index: Is UK Construction on Course to Recovery?

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, has released the August 2024 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on three months ending […]
1st August 2024

PHMI: Value Sales for May 2024 Down -1.9 Compared to May 2023

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for May 2024 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were […]
1st August 2024

BMBI: Merchants’ May Value Sales Down -5.2% as Volumes Fall -7.0%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in May were down -5.2% year-on-year. Volume sales fell -7.0% […]
1st August 2024

RICS Survey Shows Industry Predicting Rise in Residential But With Some Critical Issues

The latest RICS UK Construction Monitor shows that the construction industry has remained steady, mirroring last quarter’s performance. While current workloads show little change, the future […]