Author Archives: Claire Fear

Detailed planning approvals experienced a decline compared with the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in main contract awards on the preceding three months and a year ago provided a boost to the development pipeline. Industrial overview During the three months to June, industrial project starts fell by…

Project starts and detailed planning approvals experienced declines against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in main contract awards on the preceding three months provided a boost to the development pipeline. Industrial overview During the three months to May, industrial project-starts fell 6 per cent against the…

Project starts and main contract awards weakened against the previous three months and last year. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew against a year ago. North West overview At £1.75bn, work starting on site in the North West during the three months to May fell 19 per cent against the…

Project-starts and detailed planning approvals increased against the previous year. Elsewhere, main contract awards didn’t fare as well against the previous year. Northern Ireland overview Project-starts totalled £577m, a 77 per cent decrease on the preceding three months to stand 5 per cent up on the previous year. Underlying work…

Weak construction-starts performance continued during the three months to November with main contract awards also performing poorly. More positively, detailed planning approvals experienced a strong performance when compared to 2022 levels. Averaging £6.72bn per month, work commencing on-site during the three months to November experienced a weak performance, decreasing 12…

Project starts and main contract awards weakened against both the previous quarter and 2022 levels. More positively, detailed planning approvals increased on the preceding three months. West Midlands overview Work starting on site in the West Midlands added up to £814m during the three months to October, a 40 per…