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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

An article from As they look to the year ahead, contractors want to know how frayed supply chains, inflation and labor shortages will affect their business. Published Jan. 23, 2023 By Construction Dive Staff Sergey Pakulin via Getty Images U.S. contractors have a lot on their minds as they look to the year ahead. Snarled

Construction News today launches a new service for readers, providing a detailed breakdown of monthly UK construction activity by sector and region. CN Intelligence will be updated each month with the latest data and analysis on contract awards, planning approvals and project starts from partner-firm Glenigan. The service gives construction professionals the ability to track

More than half of all invoices sent to construction firms were paid late last year, an analysis has found. The proportion of late invoices “significantly increased” to 52.9 per cent across the sector in 2022, a rise of 13 per cent compared with 2021. Data company Creditsafe looked at 21 sectors and found that only