DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/79hrx4/builders) has announced the addition of the "Builders Merchants Market Update 2013" report to their offering.

This Market Update analyses the UK builders' merchants market. In 2012, the market was estimated to have fallen in value by 1%, following a decline in construction output throughout 2012.

The builders' merchant market is, for the most part, dependent upon output within the construction industry. As such, this Market Update includes an examination of the UK construction industry across the housing, infrastructure, industrial, and repair, maintenance and improvement (RM&I) sectors. As a major supplier to the construction industry stocking and supplying a huge amount of materials and components builders' merchants are a vital component of the UK construction industry.

The products supplied by such firms can be classified into three broad categories: heavyside materials, covering bricks, cement, sand and gravel, and similar products; lightside materials, such as interior fittings and plumbing and heating equipment; and tools and tool hire.

As a main supplier to the construction industry, the builders' merchants market was greatly affected by the dramatic fall in construction output following the global financial downturn and throughout the national economic recession. With a sharp decline witnessed in construction output particularly in the private housing and commercial sectors demand for building materials and components across the product groups fell considerably.

In 2012, following 2 consecutive years of growth, construction output in Great Britain returned to decline as the impact of economic uncertainty and Governmental spending cuts took their toll on the market. As a result, output fell across the public and private sectors, with only industrial construction and RM&I work achieving growth, resulting in falling demand throughout the industry.

With public sector construction output unlikely to exhibit any growth until at least 2015, alongside continued uncertainty in private sector construction investment, demand in the builders' merchants market is expected to remain depressed. As a result, the market is expected to experience a slight decline in 2013, followed by increasingly significant growth as both private and public sector construction recovers.

Key Topics Covered

REPORT COVERAGE

MARKET SECTORS

- Heavyside Materials

- Lightside Materials

- Tools and Tool Hire

MARKET TRENDS

- New Housing Output

- Housing Starts and Completions

- Private-Sector Commercial Construction

- Private-Sector Industrial Construction

- Public-Sector Non-Housing Constriction

- Repair, Maintenance and Improvement

ECONOMIC TRENDS

MARKET POSITION

- The UK

- Overseas

- Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

BY MARKET SECTOR

- Bricks and Roofing Tiles

- Cement

- Sand and Gravel

OVERSEAS TRADE

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DOWNTURN

HOUSING

- Mortgage Lending

- Property Transactions

HOUSEBUILDING

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS REGULATION

EU TIMBER REGULATIONS

COMPANY PROFILES

Companies Mentioned

- CCF

- Grafton Merchanting Gb

- Hanson Quarry Products Europe

- Jewson Ltd

- Keyline Builders Merchants

- Ridgeon Group

- Selco Trade Centres

- Tarmac Building Products

- Travis Perkins Trading Company

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