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Construction SMEs narrowly avoided stagnation in the last month of 2024, a new survey has revealed. The latest quarterly UK Business Growth Tracker analysis from NatWest, published this morning (22 January), revealed a slight increase in activity at the end of 2024. But its seasonally adjusted index stood at 50.2 in December, marking its lowest

07 Jan 2025 By Contributor Digital Edition: UK construction activity: November 2024 Project starts and main contract awards experienced strong periods, increasing against the preceding three months and the previous year. Detailed planning approvals did not fare as well, declining against both time periods. Averaging £9.874bn per month, work commencing on-site during the three months

07 Jan 2025 By Contributor Digital Edition: UK construction activity November 2024: Housing   Project starts and detailed planning approvals fell compared with the previous quarter and last year. More positively, there was an increase in main contract awards on the preceding three months and a year ago. Housing overview Totalling £9.495bn, residential work starting on-site

07 Jan 2025 By Contributor Digital Edition: UK construction activity November 2024: Industrial   Main contract awards declined compared to both the previous quarter and the previous year. More positively, project starts increased compared to the preceding three months and 2023 levels, bolstering the development pipeline. Industrial overview During the three months to November, industrial project-starts

Project starts and detailed planning approvals decreased compared to both the previous quarter and the previous year. More positively, main contract awards grew on a year ago. Offices overview Office work starting on site totalled £1.23bn during the three months to November, a 39 per cent decline compared with the preceding quarter, to stand 35

07 Jan 2025 By Contributor Digital Edition: UK construction activity November 2024: Retail    Project starts and main contract awards declined compared to the previous quarter and last year. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew compared with the preceding three months. Retail overview Totalling £408m, retail work starting on site during the three months to November

26 Apr 2023 By Contributor Digital Edition: Construction activity March 2023: East Midlands Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals performed particularly poorly in the East Midlands during the quarter to March. East Midlands overview Adding up to £888m, work starting on-site in the East Midlands during the quarter to March decreased 24 per

26 Apr 2023 By Contributor Digital Edition: Construction activity March 2023: East of England Projects starting on-site and detailed planning approvals both weakened during the first quarter. However, strong growth in main contract awards boosted the development pipeline. East of England overview The total value of project-starts in the East of England was £1.33bn, which