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Project starts and main contract awards performed poorly against last year. More positively, an increase in detailed planning approvals against a year ago provides a boost to the development pipeline East Midlands overview Adding up to £1.12bn, work starting in the East Midlands during the three months to January increased…

Main contract awards weakened compared with last year’s levels. However, strong growth in project starts against the preceding three months and last year boosted the development pipeline. East of England overview The total value of project starts in the East of England was £1.78bn, which is a six per cent…

London experienced a poor period for project starts with the values decreasing against both the previous quarter and last year’s levels. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew against the preceding three months and a year ago. London overview Totalling £3.29bn, work starting in London during the three months to January…

Detailed planning approvals, main contract awards and project starts all performed poorly against the preceding three months and last year’s figures. North East overview Adding up to £713m, work starting on-site in the North East during the three months to January fell 30 per cent against the preceding three months…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals weakened against last year, while detailed planning approvals remained unchanged against both the preceding quarter and a year ago. More positively, contract awards grew on the previous three months. North West overview At £1.58bn, work starting on-site in the North West…

Project starts and detailed planning approvals increased against the previous year and the preceding three months. Elsewhere, main contract awards decreased on both the previous year and the preceding three-month period. Northern Ireland overview Project starts totalled £861m, a 104 per cent increase on the preceding three months to stand…

Project starts decreased against both the preceding three months and the previous year.  More positively, main contract awards increased on both periods to provide a boost to the development pipeline. Scotland overview Totalling £1.13bn, work starting on-site in Scotland fell 29 per cent during the three months to January and…

Project starts fell against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, main contract awards grew on both the preceding three months and last year. South East overview Totalling £2.27bn, work commencing on site in the South East during the three months to January fell 27 per cent against the…

Project starts and main contract awards fell against the preceding quarter and last year. More positively, there was growth in detailed planning approvals against the previous three months. South West overview Work commencing on site in the South West added up to £1.17bn during the three months to January, having…

The three months to January was a weak period for Wales, with a decrease in project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals against the previous year. Wales overview Totalling £642m, underlying work starting on-site in Wales experienced a 30 per cent decrease against the preceding three months to…