Construction products manufacturing returned to growth in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) latest State of Trade Survey. The survey found a balance of 53% of heavy side firms reported construction products sales rising in 2025 Q2 compared with Q1. On balance, 33% of …
Read More »UK construction decline slows up
The downturn in the UK construction sector showed signs of easing in May, according to the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI®). Output and new orders both fell at the slowest pace since January, while growth projections for the year ahead improved again. Employment remained weak, with …
Read More »Construction PMI dips but industry remains optimistic
House building is still the weakest-performing part of the construction sector, which saw business activity expanding at the slowest pace since last June, while new order growth slowed-up for the third month running. That’s according to the latest S&P Construction Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), released today (January 7). The headline …
Read More »Output down for third consecutive month
The Office of National Statistics has reported that construction output fell sharply in April, the third month in a row it has done so. It’s likely that the heavy rain experienced in the last 16 weeks has been partly to blame, although new work also fell by 2.8%. Seven out …
Read More »Housebuilding recession hits construction output
Construction output is forecast to fall by 2.1% this year thanks to falls in the two largest sectors, namely private housing new build and repair, maintenance and improvement. According to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association output will then rise by 2.0% in 2025 in line with falling …
Read More »Construction starts fall by a third from last year
Construction project-starts plummeted by -47% to the end of January 2023, compared with the preceding three months to stand one-third lower than a year ago, according to the February edition of the Construction Review from Glenigan, the construction insight and intelligence provider. Construction-starts remained weak throughout the three months to …
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