The BMBI Experts’ Explainer Guide to UK Building Markets Q2 2025 – the story behind the numbers
Here, the BMBI Experts share their views on the key talking points for Q2 and look ahead to what’s still to come in 2025…
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Here, the BMBI Experts share their views on the key talking points for Q2 and look ahead to what’s still to come in 2025…
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The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q2 2025 were up +2.8% compared to Q2 2024.
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The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that sales for Q3 2024 were down -2.6% compared to Q3 2023.
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When designing inclusive spaces, architects, specifiers and designers are often presented with a unique set of challenges – Dulux Trade’s team of experts are on hand…
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Leading paint manufacturer, Dulux Trade, recently invited architects, specifiers and interior designers to the Allermuir showroom in London.
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The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show that Q4 2023 sales were -5.7% down compared to Q4 2022, with volumes falling -12.0% and prices rising +7.1%.
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in March, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +0.2% in January 2023 compared to the same month in 2022.
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The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in June, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales in April 2022 were 0.9% down on the same month in 2021.
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Q3 of 2021 recorded the second-highest quarterly BMBI sales ever. However, there are signs of a slowdown as volume growth gives way to value growth, driven by price increases.
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The latest BMBI report, published in March, shows value sales to builders, roofers and contractors in January were 3.7% lower than in January 2020.
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