Market Reports & Surveys

22nd December 2025

BMBI Debate: Threats & Solutions in the Building Materials Supply Chain

Experts from the UK’s building materials supply chain gathered at the BMF in Coventry in October for the annual Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) debate. The […]
18th December 2025

New NBS Digital Construction Report 2025

The Digital Construction Report 2025 reveals what over 550 industry professionals really think about AI, BIM, cloud technology, and sustainability, as well as how these technologies […]
18th December 2025

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Still Negative But Improving

The RIBA has published its Future Trends Survey results for November 2025. The November RIBA Future Workload Index stands at -3. A negative balance indicates that, […]
16th December 2025

Glenigan Construction Review: Project Starts Uptick Brings Some Festive Cheer

Glenigan | Powered by Hubexo (Glenigan), one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released the December 2025 edition of its Construction Review. […]
15th December 2025

BIM – Most Professionals Consider it a Collaborative Project Information Management Process

NBS (powered by Hubexo), the platform for connected construction information, has revealed a concrete shift in how construction professionals understand Building Information Modelling (BIM) in its […]
12th December 2025

Procore’s New Report: Latest Trends, Innovations and Data Shaping Construction Over the Next Decade

Procore’s latest global report explores where the construction industry in the UK & Ireland is heading – and how contractors, subcontractors, and project teams can take […]
12th December 2025

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Falls by 0.6% in October 2025

The main points: Total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in the three months to October 2025. Over the three-month period, repair and […]
11th December 2025

UK Tradespeople Expected to Increase Prices by 9.5% in 2026 as Demand Remains Strong

UK tradespeople are predicting price increases for customers and clients in 2026, with day rates expected to rise by an average of 9.5% . That’s according […]
9th December 2025

AIB Ireland Construction PMI®: Activity Falls Again but Firms Optimistic for Year Ahead

Key points: Fall in construction activity amid reduction in new orders Confidence in future supports rises in employment and purchasing Sharpest increase in input costs since […]
6th December 2025

PHMI: P&H Merchants’ Q3 Value Sales Up +2.8% Y-o-Y

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in December, shows Q3 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were up […]
5th December 2025

BMBI: Merchant Q3 Value Sales Down -0.1% but September is Up +4.6% Y-o-Y

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q3 2025 were down -0.1% compared to Q3 2024. Volume sales were […]
4th December 2025

S&P Global UK Construction PMI®: Steepest Downturn in Output for Five-and-a-Half Years

Key Findings: All three construction sub-sectors saw the greatest fall in activity since May 2020 Steep reductions in new orders and employment Business optimism weakest since […]