Transport department the biggest spending client last month, according to Glenigan figures

Clients handed out nearly £4.2bn worth of work in January – a decrease of almost £4bn from the previous month, according to the latest data from Glenigan.

The figures (see below) reveal the most work was awarded in the private housing sector, with firms here inking deals worth just over £957m – or around 23% of all work awarded in the month.

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Persimmon was given the green light for four schemes last month

The top spending client was the Department for Transport, which handed out two deals worth £252³¾, followed by the health department, which awarded 24 projects worth £185m.

The next most prolific sector was infrastructure, with clients here awarding firms £662m of business.

This was followed by those in the education sector, at £485m, and social housing clients awarding £441m worth of work.

Meanwhile, the data has also revealed that £5.62bn worth of projects were approved in January.

The private housing sector was the market with the most approvals, securing permission for 269 schemes worth almost £1.5bn.

In private housing, Redrow and Persimmon secured approval for the most schemes, with the pair each given the go-ahead for four projects.

They were followed by Countryside, Bellway, Lone Star and Barratt who got approval to push ahead with three developments each. This does not include projects that are being developed as joint ventures.

After private residential, commercial achieved the second-highest value of approvals at £830m.

Top spending clients - January 2021

The tables below show contract awards by sector for January put together by Glenigan. They are just a small part of the client information that is accessible through the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom Network. 

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Social housing

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Department for Transport/Greater Manchester Combined Authority/Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £40³¾
Tyburn Lothian No8 LP 1 £35³¾
TCR Properties Limited/The Collective 1 £29³¾
London Borough of Wandsworth/Taylor Wimpey/Winstanley and York Road Regeneration 1 £27.19³¾
Cassidy Group 1 £25³¾

Retail

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Lidl UK GMBH 9 £19.22³¾
Helical Bar Plc 1 £15.09³¾
Guy Salmon/Sytner Group Ltd 1 £10³¾
Prydis 1 £10³¾
St Modwen Properties Plc 1 £8.275³¾

Private housing

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
One Heritage Tower 1 £160³¾
Moda Living/Scottish Police Authority 1 £120³¾
Edinburgh Marina/Granton Central Developments 1 £100³¾
Argent Group 1 £81³¾
Audley Retirement Villages 1 £80³¾

Offices

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
NTT Europe 1 £80.4³¾
Bruntwood Estates 1 £30³¾
Cromwell Property Group/Stirling Development Agency 1 £20³¾
Sunderland City Council 2 £15.9³¾
Quilter Financial Planning 1 £8.045³¾

Medical & scientific

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Department of Health 24 £184.957³¾
Eagle One 1 £40.22³¾
Department of Health/Ministry of Defence/NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group 1 £40³¾
Majesticare 1 £12³¾
Frontier Estates 1 £10³¾

Industrial

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Next 1 £125³¾
Mayfair Capital 1 £50³¾
Goodman Group 2 £43.59³¾
Allerdale Borough Council 1 £35.74³¾
IDI Gazeley/L&Q Estates 1 £26.2³¾

Hotel & leisure

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Downing/Snow Hill Developments/St Chads Hotel 1 £25³¾
Rushcliffe Borough Council 1 £25³¾
Newco 8915 Ltd 1 £23.51³¾
University of Oxford 1 £15.097³¾
Warwickshire County Cricket Club 1 £13³¾

Education

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Northern Regional College 2 £111.5³¾
Department for Education 2 £57³¾
Highland Council 1 £46.5³¾
Suffolk County Council 4 £32³¾
London Borough of Southwark 1 £19³¾

Civil (infrastructure)

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Department for Transport 2 £252³¾
Norfolk County Council 1 £36.047³¾
Greater London Authority 1 £35³¾
Kent County Council/Network Rail 1 £34³¾
Calderdale Borough Council 1 £27³¾

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* private housing awards data refers to external contracts only and does not include frameworks

** projects awarded by a joint venture are listed independently to both single party clients