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Scotland reports 3.4% drop in first-quarter output

18 Jun 20 Output in Scotland’s construction sector contracted by -3.4% in the first quarter of this year when coronavirus was starting to have an effect.

Builders' merchants saw sales drop more than 75% in lockdown

18 Jun 20 Data published by the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF) reveals the extent to which members suffered when the UK was put into lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Contractors expect to lay off 11% of their workforce

17 Jun 20 A survey conducted by Build UK for the Construction Leadership Council at the start of June 2020 has revealed that contractors expect to lay off an average of 11.4% of their employees by September.

Construction output down 40% in April

12 Jun 20 Construction output in Great Britain fell by 40.1% in April 2020 compared with March 2020, according official government data.

1.5 million construction workers on UK government support

11 Jun 20 Since the launch of the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) and the self-employment income support scheme (SEISS), the UK government has supported the wages of 1,480,600 jobs in the construction sector.

Sharp fall in Irish construction activity continues

8 Jun 20 Activity in Ireland’s construction sector continued to fall sharply in May, though at a softer pace than in April.

Activity index reveals continuing pain for UK construction

4 Jun 20 After UK construction work ground to a halt in April, activity fell even more in May.

Builders merchants’ Q1 sales down 6.7%

21 May 20 Sales figures from members of the Builders Merchants Federation show a perhaps surprisingly modest decline for the early days of the Covid-19 crisis.

Major contractors 86% open, 75% effective

20 May 20 Construction industry association Build UK reports today that its contractor members now have 86% of their infrastructure and construction sites in England and Wales open, up from 82% last week.

Eurozone PMI drops to all-time low

7 May 20 Construction activity in the eurozone fell to an all-time low in April amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Virus costs UK construction more than £300m a day

7 May 20 The UK construction industry is losing £301.5m a day during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a new study.

Construction PMI sinks to just 8.2

6 May 20 Construction activity in the UK fell to a record low in April 2020 as the industry closed sites to arrest the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

New contract awards leap 50% during lockdown

4 May 20 The value of new construction contracts signed in the UK during lockdown appears to be booming.

Construction equipment sales fall 22% in first quarter

29 Apr 20 Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market fell by 22% (by units) in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same quarter in 2019.

Vast majority of Scottish builders are now on furlough

22 Apr 20 Almost every major building firm in Scotland has furloughed almost all of its workers.

Merchants' sales down again in February

22 Apr 20 The last month of pre-coronavirus sales data is in from members of the Builders Merchants Federation, and even before the shut-down they were in decline.

Arcadis warns on supply chain fragility

15 Apr 20 Construction industry economists at surveyors Arcadis are predicting that it will be at least 2022, if not 2023, before house-building and commercial development in the UK return to growth.

February's rain dampens output stats

9 Apr 20 Latest data from the Office for National Statistics confirm that the UK construction industry was already in decline before the coronavirus arrived.

March activity index: The collapse of UK construction begins

6 Apr 20 UK construction industry activity in March 2020 fell to its lowest level for nearly 11 years, and – as is by now patently obvious – there is worse to come.

Even before the virus, merchants started year in decline

30 Mar 20 Total builders’ merchant sales in January 2020 were down 2.6% compared with January 2019.

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