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How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
Activity levelOrder books
AugSepOctAugSepOct
Scotland+39+24+9+28+20–26
Northern Ireland–17–63–23–61–50–54
North England0+36+4–5–11+19
North-west England+13+4–3–56–32–37
Yorkshire & Humberside+6–13–10–31–44–11
Wales0–250–57–13–6
East Midlands+24+23+13–8+11+3
West Midlands+38–4–8–29–41–49
East Anglia+12–3–17+21+7–11
South-east+6+7+15–15–13–19
South-west+9+18+16+3+21–13