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Britain’s construction sector stages recovery



  • A rise in house building activity and commercial work has helped drag Britain’s construction sector back from a seven-month low.
  • However, the report cautioned that the overall rate of expansion remained slightly weaker than seen on average over this period.
  • The survey noted that UK construction firms had ended 2015 with a “robust” level of overall business activity, adding that commercial building increased on the back of improving UK economic conditions, leading to new orders.
  • Housing activity also showed strong growth, picking up from a 29-month low in November.

  • IHS Global Insight economist Howard Archer said it was a “reassuring survey”.


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Construction sector ‘in rude health’ as new business surges



  • THE UK’s construction sector remains in “rude health”, driven by the fastest rise in new business for a year, a report said.
  • Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit, said: “Another relatively buoyant construction PMI reading indicates that the sector remains in rude health.
  • But last month’s reading remains comfortably above 50 which indicates growth, and marks two-and-a-half years of sustained output growth across the sector.
  • The sector was driven by an uplift in commercial building, with housing and civil engineering work also expanding but at a slower rate.
  • The latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for the sector showed that activity eased slightly to give a reading of 58.8 in October, although this was down from a seven-month high of 59.9 in September.


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