P&H Merchants’ April Value Sales up +0.7% Year-on-Year but Volumes Down -3.8% - Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI)
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P&H Merchants’ April value sales up +0.7% year-on-year but volumes down -3.8% - Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI)
The latest figures from the Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report show total value sales for April 2025 through specialist plumbing and heating merchants were up +0.7% compared to April 2024. However, this was lifted by +4.6% rising prices as volumes sales decreased -3.8% year-on-year. With one less trading day this year, like-for-like value sales (which take trading day differences into account) were +5.7% higher. Month-on-month, Apri…
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), new orders in construction increased by 9.3% in April 2025 compared with March 2025, while new orders in civil engineering fell by 20.6% compared with the month before, which was marked by large orders. {/mprestriction} In March 2025, for example, civil engineering had recorded the highest seasonally adjusted increase since the beginning of the series in 1991; in the less volatile three-m…
Real (price-adjusted) new orders in the construction industry fell by 8.0 percent in April 2025 compared to March 2025, adjusted for calendar and seasonally effects. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Wednesday, new orders in building construction increased by 9.3 percent, while new orders in civil engineering fell by 20.6 percent compared to the previous month, which was characterized by large orders. In March 2025, civil…
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