The labour and material costs of UK roofing projects increased marginally during 2024-25, with materials experiencing the biggest rise.
The knock-on effect affecting tender prices, which rose over the year before falling towards the end, as price competition and bidding wars set in between contractors.
(Source: NFRC State of UK Roofing Industry 2025 Spring)
Global trade tariff laws, in particular, played their part in placing inflationary pressure on material costs via supply chain tightening. This in turn, slowed down new contract agreements as budgets were squeezed. But then for the few contracts that did close, price competition occured lowering tender prices.
Ultimately, during 2024-25, UK roofing contractors suffered a slump in new business, weak cash flow and depressed profit margins.