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MONTHLY UK CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OVERVIEW
David Bain is research manager at NBS and Allan Wilen is economics…
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MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY BY SECTOR
UK construction activity May 2024: Housing
Main contract awards and detailed planning approvals fell against the previous quarter…
UK construction activity May 2024: Industrial
Project starts and detailed planning approvals experienced declines against the previous quarter…
UK construction activity May 2024: Offices
Project starts and main contract awards decreased against the preceding quarter. More…
UK construction activity May 2024: Retail
Project starts and main contract awards slipped back against the previous quarter…
UK construction activity May 2024: Hotel & leisure
Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all grew against…
UK construction activity May 2024: Health
Main contract awards and detailed planning approvals decreased against both last year…
UK construction activity May 2024: Education
Main contract awards and detailed planning approvals declined against both the previous…
UK construction activity May 2024: Community & amenity
Detailed planning approvals and main contract awards fell against the previous quarter…
UK construction activity May 2024: Infrastructure
Main contract awards and detailed planning approvals fell against the previous year…
UK MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY BY REGION
UK construction activity May 2024: East Midlands
Project starts and detailed planning approvals and main contract awards performed poorly…
UK construction activity May 2024: East of England
Detailed planning approvals and main contract awards weakened compared with last year’s…
UK construction activity May 2024: London
London experienced a poor period with main contract awards and detailed planning…
UK construction activity May 2024: North East
Project starts and main contract awards performed poorly compared to the previous…
UK construction activity May 2024: North West
Project starts and main contract awards weakened against the previous three months…
UK construction activity May 2024: Northern Ireland
Project-starts and detailed planning approvals increased against the previous year. Elsewhere, main…
UK construction activity May 2024: South West
Detailed planning approvals fell against the preceding quarter and last year. More…
UK construction activity May 2024: West Midlands
The West Midlands experienced a strong period for project starts and detailed…
UK construction activity May 2024: Scotland
Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals decreased against the previous…
UK construction activity May 2024: South East
Main contract awards fell against the previous quarter and last year. More…
UK construction activity May 2024: Wales
There was a decrease in project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning…
UK construction activity May 2024: Yorkshire & the Humber
Detailed planning approvals and project starts both strengthened against the last year…