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European construction drops 7.2%
20/05/2013: Europe’s construction output in March was 7.2% lower than the same month last year. more »
Middle East tops global construction dispute league
20/05/2013: The Middle East has continued to experience the highest value construction disputes at an average of £41.8m, whilst disputes in the US had the lowest value at £5.8m. more »
Industry survey confirms gloomy ONS data
13/05/2013: Hard on the heels of government statistics indicating that construction output dipped to a near 15 year low in the first quarter comes the industry’s own survey confirming a deterioration in trading conditions. more »
Decline in Irish construction quickens again
13/05/2013: The contraction in the Irish construction sector deepened further during April, as the rate of decline quickened to the sharpest since September 2012. more »
Construction output sinks to 15-year low
10/05/2013: Latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest that the volume of construction output is now at its lowest level for nearly 15 years. more »
Scottish construction jobs fall 27%
09/05/2013: The number of people working in the construction industry in Scotland has shrunk by 27% since 2008, new figures reveal. more »
No upturn in civil engineering
09/05/2013: The latest workload trends survey from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) shows that business in the sector has remained flat for a second consecutive quarter, while order books are down. more »
Construction activity continues to fall
03/05/2013: UK construction companies reported a continued downturn in business activity in April, as highlighted by the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). more »
Number of project starts continue to fall
01/05/2013: Glenigan’s barometer of construction starts has shown another monthly drop in new building projects. more »
Triple dip avoided, construction not cheering
26/04/2013: There was remarkably little excitement from the construction industry at the news that the UK economy has narrowly avoided a triple dip recession. more »
Mergers slow as companies take stock
25/04/2013: Engineering and construction deal-making has taken a pause while companies examine their growth strategies, according to PwC US. more »
Path to slow recovery starts next year
22/04/2013: The construction industry is on course to return to growth mode next year but it will be 2017 before output returns to 2011 levels, which was hardly a banner year. more »
Aggregate sales down 7%
22/04/2013: Sales of construction aggregates fell 7% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with Q1 2012. more »
FMB survey confirms tough start to the year
22/04/2013: One in three small building firms has shed staff since the turn of the year, according to the latest member survey of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). more »
Northern Ireland output up
17/04/2013: The total volume of construction output in Northern Ireland grew slightly in the last quarter of 2012, but was still down on the previous year, according to figures published today by the Northern Ireland Quarterly Construction Enquiry (QCE). more »
February output up 5% on January but down 7% on the year
12/04/2013: After a dire January, the construction industry struggled to make some sort of recovery in February, latest government figures suggest. more »
Weather hits construction’s numbers in first quarter
09/04/2013: Poor weather is being blamed for exacerbating already difficult trading conditions in the construction industry in the first quarter of 2013. more »
German construction falls for 12th successive month
08/04/2013: March saw the steepest decrease in total German construction industry activity in over a year, with unusually bad weather playing a part. more »
Construction output shrinks for fifth consecutive month
04/04/2013: Construction output continued to decline in March but at a slower pace. more »
5% decline in construction insolvencies
04/04/2013: Construction insolvencies have slowed in the last quarter but remain at a high level. more »