Barometer

March delivered another shock to the UK economy as inflation jumped from the 10.1% seen in February, to 10.4% in March, reversing the downward trajectory

 At the start of this month [March] £1bn was knocked off the share price of the UK’s quoted housebuilders in a single morning [1/3/23]. It

To put things into context for a moment. At the end of January, the Bank of England said that it now believes that the downturn

December was what December normally is – a slow month for window and door sales. Leads were down 40% on November and sales were down

So, anecdotally, there’s a general sense that things have become tougher in the last month, and the market has cooled. That’s not, however, supported by

October was another month of political and economic change on an historic scale. Despite it (or perhaps because of it?) homeowners have continued to spend

Despite massive political and economic upheaval, September was on balance an ‘ok’ month for UK window and door sales. There was a small drop of

There is little doubt that a slowdown has and is happening. Year-on-year sales figures for this August are down seven per cent on where they

I’m going to start this month with a focus on longer term trends because this broader context is important in helping us to understand what

We can now say with confidence that the market cooled significantly in the last quarter, with sales dropping by around 12% in the three months

This month’s figures evidence a continuing slowdown in the home improvement market with sales down 9% in May on April, which recorded a drop of

We are seeing a slowdown. Average window and sales in April dropped 13% on March, while leads dropped by 20%. It’s consistent with the lack