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Construction profit warnings reach 2024 total in first quarter of 2025

4 days UK-listed construction companies issued five profit warnings in first quarter of the year, already matching total for the whole of 2024.

Output stagnant over first quarter, orders up 27%

4 days Construction output in Great Britain was stagnant in the first quarter of 2025, according to official statistics, but new orders soared.

Planning data suggests English house-building ready to boom

5 days Planning Portal data shows a 44% year-on-year increase in planning applications for new homes in England.

London no longer world’s costliest city to build

13 May Arcadis has published its 2025 rankings of cities in the world according to how expensive it is to build things in them.

Construction apprenticeships oversubscribed by 135 to 1

13 May A Midlands building contractor has revealed that 2,694 people have applied for just 20 apprenticeship roles that it has available.

Construction product manufacturers optimistic after mixed first quarter

12 May Results of the Construction Products Association’s Q1 2025 state of trade survey are now in.

PMI: Fourth successive month of construction decline

7 May It has been a dreadful year so far for the UK construction industry.

Heavy materials sales still in decline

7 May Construction demand for heavy-side materials in Great Britain has weakened further at the start of this year, according to the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Surveyors report stable workloads

1 May Latest RICS UK Construction Monitor shows steady workloads with signs of improvement ahead.

Builders merchants' takings down 2.7% in February

30 Apr Latest data from the builders’ merchant sector show sales volumes flat in February 2025, compared to 2024, but prices down.

US tariff uncertainty threatens UK construction growth

28 Apr With Trump in the White House, economic forecasting is a particularly tricky business.

Tender prices for Scottish social housing decline

25 Apr Construction of social housing in Scotland is in decline despite getting cheaper.

ONS finds construction returned to growth in February

11 Apr Better weather is being credited for bringing an improvement in industry fortunes.

PMI: construction output still in decline

4 Apr UK construction output has now fallen in each of the first three months of 2025, the monthly survey of industry purchasing managers indicates.

Shaky start for construction manufacturers

3 Apr Manufacturers in the construction industry got off to a shaky start to the year – with sales and purchasing both taking a hit, and lead times starting to creep up.

Surging labour costs push up tender price forecast

3 Apr Mace has revised its tender price forecast because of escalating labour costs across the construction industry.

UK housing retrofit bill could hit £118bn

28 Mar New research indicates that it will cost up to £118bn for UK homes to reach 2030 target energy efficiency standards.

Merchant takings still in decline

27 Mar Britain’s builders’ merchants saw their takings fall by more than 2%, year on year, in the first month of 2025.

Government admits house-building target will be missed

26 Mar Labour’s manifesto commitment to build 1.5 million new houses by 2030 is likely to be missed, the chancellor has admitted .

Pay rates set to drive tender price inflation

25 Mar Pay is replacing materials as the lead driver in construction cost inflation, according to a new report.

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