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Project-starts and main contract awards experienced declines against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on both the preceding three months and a year ago provided a boost to the development pipeline. Industrial overview During the three months to January, industrial project-starts fell 41…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against the preceding quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on the preceding quarter and last year provided a boost to the development pipeline. Offices overview Office work starting on site totalled £1.631bn during the three months to January, a…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against both last year and the previous three months. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew on a year ago. Health overview Adding up to £602m, underlying health work starting on site (less than £1bn in value) during the three months to January fell 45…

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals suffered a decline on last year. More positively, main contract awards experienced growth against the preceding quarter. Hotel & leisure overview Totalling £447m, hotel & leisure projects starting on site during the three months to January remained flat against the preceding three…

Project-starts and main contract awards slipped back against the previous quarter and last year. In contrast, detailed planning approvals grew against the preceding three months. Retail overview Totalling £300m, retail work starting on site during the three months to January fell 52 per cent against the preceding three months to…

Project-starts and main contract awards fell against both the previous quarter and last year. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew on the preceding three months. Education overview Totalling £844m, education work starting on site experienced a 43 per cent decrease on the preceding three months to stand 45 per cent…

Project-starts fell against the previous quarter. More positively, growth in main contract awards and detailed planning approvals on both the preceding three months and last year’s figures provided a boost to the development pipeline. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on site totalled £348m during the three…

Project-starts fell against the previous year and the previous quarter. More positively, main contract awards grew on both the preceding three months and a year ago. Infrastructure overview Totalling £2.583bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to January fell 9 per cent against the preceding three…

Simon Toplass is group CEO of Pagabo and The 55 Group The move into a new year is always a time for reflection, but equally for a look to the future, and 2024 is shaping up to have a great deal of changes impacting the construction sector through political, economic…

The West Midlands experienced a very strong period with project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all increasing on the preceding three months and last year. West Midlands overview Work starting on site in the West Midlands added up to £1.78bn during the three months to January, a…