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Detailed planning approvals and main contract awards weakened compared with last year’s levels. However, strong growth in project starts against the preceding three months and previous year boosted the region. East of England overview The total value of project starts in the East of England was £4.7bn, 27 per cent up…

London experienced a poor period with main contract awards and detailed planning approvals decreasing against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, project starts grew on the preceding three months. London overview Totalling £4.6bn, work starting in London during the three months to May climbed two per cent against…

Project starts and main contract awards performed poorly compared to the previous year. More positively, detailed planning approvals increased against the preceding three months and previous year. North East overview Adding up to £809m, work starting on-site in the North East during the three months to May remained flat against the…

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals decreased against the previous year and preceding three months., painting a poor period for the area. Scotland overview Totalling £1.24bn, work starting on-site in Scotland decreased 29 per cent during the three months to May and remained 48 per cent lower than…

Main contract awards fell against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, project starts and detailed planning approvals increased compared to the preceding three months and a year ago. South East overview Totalling £4.13bn, work commencing on site in the South East during the three months to May grew…

Detailed planning approvals fell against the preceding quarter and last year. More positively, there was an uptick in project starts and main contract awards against the previous three months. South West overview Work commencing on site in the South West added up to £1.73bn during the three months to May,…

There was a decrease in project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals against the previous year. More positively, project starts, contract awards and detailed planning approvals increased against the preceding three months. Wales overview Totalling £617m, work starting on-site in Wales experienced a 2 per cent increase against the…

The West Midlands experienced a strong period for project starts and detailed planning approvals, which increased on the preceding three months and last year. In contrast, main contract awards decreased against the previous quarter and 2023 levels. West Midlands overview Work starting on site in the West Midlands added up…

Detailed planning approvals and project starts both strengthened against the last year and the preceding three months. Elsewhere, main contract awards decreased against the previous year. Yorkshire & the Humber overview Totalling £1.67bn, work starting on-site in Yorkshire & the Humber during the three months to May increased 98 per cent…

Deborah Blackhurst is Founder and Director of Strategic Resourcing, a platform that streamlines talent acquisition in the construction sector. Here, she addresses the hot topic of the construction industry skills gap and, more importantly, what employers can do about it It’s well documented that a widening skills gap is having…