The latest IHS MARKIT / CIPS UK CONSTRUCTION PMI® has reported Fragile order books and a renewed decline in construction output meant that employment growth remained much softer than seen in the final quarter of 2018. Slight fall in construction output, led by commercial and civil engineering work Housing is the[ More….]

The construction industry experienced a mixed quarter for sales, output and new orders in the final three months of 2018, according to a quarterly survey of the supply chain’s product manufacturers, contractors, civil engineers and SME builders by the Construction Products Association. The Construction Products Association’s Construction Trade Survey for[ More….]

Growth in UK construction dipped to a 10-month low in January, according to the latest PMI. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index dropped to 50.6 in January, down on 52.8 in December and close to the 50 no-change reading. New orders increased only marginally, contributing to the slowest expansion in[ More….]

The construction products manufacturing sector ended 2018 with a stronger performance than it started with, as manufacturers reported a broad increase in product sales and continued optimism for the industry as it looks ahead to an uncertain 2019 says the Construction Products Association (CPA). The CPA’s State of Trade Survey[ More….]