Construction

Construction activity remained buoyant in 2022 in four of the UK’s major cities outside London, according to new research by Deloitte. The company’s latest regional crane survey found 74 new project starts in 2022 across the central areas of Belfast, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, compared with 72 the previous year. Almost half of these were

While project-starts weakened, strong growth in major project contract awards and detailed planning approvals boosted the development pipeline in Q4 2022. South West overview Work commencing on-site in the South West added up to £1.27bn during Q4 2022, a 24 per cent decline compared with the preceding quarter to stand 30 per cent lower than

Project-starts and main contract awards suffered declines during Q4 2022 while detailed planning approvals more than doubled. Wales overview Totalling £595m, underlying work starting on-site (less than £100m in value) in Wales during Q4 2022 remained unchanged against the preceding quarter on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis but increased 51 per cent against the previous

While project-starts increased significantly against the previous year, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals fared poorly in Q4 2022. South East overview Totalling £2.53bn, work commencing on-site in the South East during Q4 2022 declined 4 per cent against the preceding quarter but, more positively, remained 25 per cent up against the previous year.

Q4 2022 was a poor period for construction in Scotland, with project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all having decreased significantly on the previous year. However, an increase in the value of detailed planning approvals against the preceding quarter provided some optimism. Scotland overview Totalling £758m, work starting on-site in Scotland decreased

Encouragingly, in Q4 2022 underlying project-starts and detailed planning approvals improved against the previous year. Main contract awards performed poorly against both the previous year and preceding quarter. Northern Ireland overview While underlying (less than £100m in value) work starting on-site during Q4 2022 fell 28 per cent against the preceding quarter on a seasonally

The West Midlands experienced a poor Q4 2022, with project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all declining on the previous year and preceding quarter. West Midlands overview Work starting on-site in the West Midlands added up to £973m during Q4 2022, a 53 per cent decline compared with the preceding quarter and 68