Construction Survey in conflict with ONS stats
The Construction Products Association’s has published its State of Trade Survey, indicating a slight improvement for construction product manufacturers during Q1, even though the longer term outlook is...
View ArticleSurvey shows suicide bidding influencing the industry
Two-thirds of contractors cut tender prices during the first quarter of 2011 as suicide bidding continued to sweep the industry. The latest trade survey from the Construction Products Association...
View ArticleTrade survey shows impact of cuts
New data has shown that public spending cuts have finally started to impact on construction activity. The latest Construction Trade Survey has shown the scale of government retrenchment in the public...
View ArticleCPA survey finds industry slump until 2014
The Construction Products Association says that industry will ‘go into sharp decline next year’, falling by 3.6% with no sign of real recovery until 2014. The CPA said that more than £32bn of...
View ArticleCPA predicts 2012 construction decline
Economists at the Construction Products Association (CPA) have fired an early new warning for the construction industry, predicting that contractors face one of the worst workload declines in decades...
View ArticleSharp decline in construction furthers recession woes
The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) points to a substantial decrease in construction output, adding to the UK economy’s recession woes. According to the ONS’s first...
View ArticleConstruction output to fall until 2014
Construction output is forecast to fall by 6.3% this year and a further 1.4% next year before a return to growth in 2014, according to the latest Construction Industry Forecasts published by the...
View ArticleConstruction to boost UK economic growth
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is anticipating growth of 19.0% for the £111bn construction industry by 2017. This is an upward revision from the summer, reflecting an increase in activity,...
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