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…
Read MoreNov 2, 2025 | Articles, Bathrooms & Toilets, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Concrete, Cement, Admixtures, Drainage, Exhibitions and Conferences, Floors, Interiors, Latest Building News, Paints, Paints, Coatings & Finishes, Pipes, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Steel and Structural Frames, Timber Buildings and Timber Products, Walls
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…
Read MoreApr 29, 2025 | Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Doors, Exhibitions and Conferences, Glass, Glazing, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Windows
Visit WindowBASE at the FIT Show to see first-hand how it helps companies find new customers – the company is launching an easy-to-use, intuitive platform on Stand G16 at the NEC Birmingham from 29th April – 1st May.
Read MoreAug 16, 2024 | Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Aluminium Products, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Doors, Glass, Glazing, Innovations & New Products, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Steel and Structural Frames, Timber Buildings and Timber Products, Windows
WindowBASE and Tommy Trinder have joint-published an in-depth analysis of the glazing industry, using data from the last 20 years together with insights from monthly retail quotations by 550 leading installers.
Read MoreAug 9, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Glass, Glazing, Information Technology, Posts, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Windows
According to the latest IPA Bellwether Report, UK companies increased their marketing budgets at the highest rate since 2014, with direct marketing one of the strongest growth areas, behind events. “Budgets for direct marketing have increased for the past six quarters, as companies aim to target prospects more precisely, and this trend looks set to continue,” comments Mike Rigby, Managing Director of trade database supplier WindowBASE.
Read MoreApr 18, 2024 | Articles, Building Industry News, Information Technology, Latest Building News, Recruitment, Research & Materials Testing
MRA Research, the research agency focused solely on the construction sector, welcomes Callum Budd as its new Research Projects Director.
Read MoreJan 4, 2024 | Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Latest Building News, Posts, Research & Materials Testing
The end of 2023 saw the significant relaunch of the BMBI report, now featuring builders’ merchants sales data to builders and trades people covering 92% of GB national sales.
Read MoreFeb 7, 2023 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Health & Safety, Latest Building News, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Security and Fire Protection
New questions in December’s Builders’ Merchants Monthly Omnibus Survey by MRA Research reveal how builders’ merchants and their trade customers have changed the products they buy, and the advice they give or seek since the Grenfell fire.
Read MoreJan 16, 2023 | Articles, Awards, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Hand Tools, Information Technology, Plant, Equipment and Hire, Power Tools
A win for the Best Use of Research & Insight sees MRA Research take sixth place in the Construction Marketing Awards (CMA) Agency League of the top 20 agencies.
Read MoreMay 27, 2022 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Innovations & New Products, Publications, Research & Materials Testing
The award-winning Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report is now available in a new Executive Summary format.
Read MoreSep 7, 2021 | Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Interior Design & Construction, Interiors, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation
Bostik, leading global adhesive specialist in construction, consumer and industrial markets, joins the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) Expert Panel. Marketing Director Mathew Whitehouse speaks for the adhesives & sealant market.
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