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29 March 2025

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Construction output falls for second successive month

12 Oct 23 Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen 0.5% in volume terms in August 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Purchaser’s index shows steepest decline in activity since May 2020

5 Oct 23 September saw UK construction activity sink to its lowest level since the depths of the first national lockdown in spring 2020, according to industry purchasing managers.

Timber imports stabilise

27 Sep 23 After a volatile couple of years, timber imports to the UK appear to be stabilising.

Builders’ stores continue to see sales fall

25 Sep 23 The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows sales at builders’ merchants across Britain falling again in July.

Construction output shrinks in the rain

13 Sep 23 Construction output fell 0.5% in volume terms in July 2023, the Office for National Statistics estimates.

House-building activity down by a fifth

11 Sep 23 Activity in residential building will decline 21% in 2023, according to a new study.

Labour shortages drive tender price inflation

8 Sep 23 Construction industry cost consultants are blaming rising labour costs for current tender price inflation.

New orders fall at fastest pace for three years

6 Sep 23 UK construction companies recorded a marginal increase in activity last month but new orders fell more than any month since May 2020.

Construction industry battens down the hatches

4 Sep 23 Contractors and house-builders are adopting defence mechanism to cope with deteriorating market conditions.

Transport collapses but energy and utilities keep civils contractors busy

1 Sep 23 The latest quarterly survey of civil engineering contractors across Great Britain found that, broadly speaking, things are on the up.

Merchants see signs of volumes returning

24 Aug 23 In recent months builders’ merchants have seen sales volumes in decline but their takings continue to grow because of higher prices. That might now be changing.

Build cost reductions lag material prices, says report

24 Aug 23 Research has found that build costs are continuing to rise for contractors despite materials prices now dropping.

15% spike in CIS workers

23 Aug 23 The number of people being paid under the Construction Industry Scheme went up by 15% last year and there are calls for the Treasury to clamp down on it.

Construction inflation down to 4.6%

11 Aug 23 Construction inflation is continuing to soften, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

July contract awards ‘highest of the year’

10 Aug 23 Further evidence of the construction industry possibly having turned a corner comes with the news that new contract awards reached a new high for the year last month.

Product sale survey shows refurb to be 2023's sweet spot

7 Aug 23 While sales of heavy building materials are slowing, the sort of products used in fit-out and building refurbishment projects are seeing rising demand.

Construction purchasers report July upturn

4 Aug 23 The monthly survey of construction purchasing managers reveals that increases in commercial construction and civil engineering more than offset the accelerating decline in house-building last month.

Slowing aggregate sales suggests civils market now in reverse

3 Aug 23 While the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports today that infrastructure work is up 17% in the past quarter, a decline in mineral sales suggests that this may not be accurate.

Surveyors see no house-building recovery in year ahead

3 Aug 23 Latest economic bulletin from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) indicates slowing construction activity.

Builders spy recovery in repair & maintenance

3 Aug 23 The home improvements boom sparked by covid lockdowns and working from home, that then subsided when Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng crashed the economy, is showing signs of a return.

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