Construction orders figures released by the DETR, showed that new orders in the three months to August 2000 rose 20% to 拢6.47bn compared to the same three months last year.
Large private commercial and public non-housing contracts resulted in 40% and 43% increases respectively in the orders in those sectors. Orders stood at 拢1.1bn for public work and 拢2.6bn for private commercial work. Both sectors also enjoyed substantial increases in orders. These were up 47% and 39% respectively compared with the previous three months.
However, orders in the private industrial sector fell 12% from 拢591m to 拢522m. New orders in the private housing sector in the three months to August 2000 were almost unchanged compared with the same three months last year, at 拢1.16bn, compared with 拢1.1bn.
Orders in the infrastructure sector were unchanged compared to the previous three months at 拢1.15bn. However, they were 11% higher compared with the same period the previous year.
