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Bathroom Association members have been finding out more about how to use market research to drive commercial success in the latest Insights Bites session, hosted...

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26 Jun 2025

MRA Research Admin

P&H Merchants’ April value sales up +0.7% year-on-year but volumes down -3.8%

The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for April 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants...

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26 Jun 2025

MRA Research Admin

April Builders’ Merchant value sales up +3.0% year-on-year. Volumes up+3.4%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in June, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in April were up +3.0% compared to April...

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13 Jun 2025

MRA Research Admin

June Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade

The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for April 2025 this morning. Main points: • Monthly construction output is estimated to have...

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03 Jun 2025

Callum Budd

5 myths about market research

Many companies do not do any market or customer research at all. That’s fair enough, but has the decision been made for the right reasons?...

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03 Jun 2025

MRA Research

The UK is facing a convergence of long-standing structural problems and urgent environmental, social, and political pressures. Population growth, infrastructure decay, a fragmented construction industry...

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28 May 2025

MRA Research Admin

Positive start to 2025 for Plumbing & Heating Merchants with Q1 value sales up +4.0%

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in May, shows Q1 2025 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were...

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28 May 2025

MRA Research Admin

Merchant Q1 sales up +0.9% year-on-year. March sales jump +7.2% year-on-year.

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q1 2025 were up +0.9% compared to Q1 2024. There was...

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25 May 2025

Mike Rigby