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    Housing growth tumbles as runaway inflation dogs industry, bellwether report says

    2022-06-08T10:59:00Z

    Workload expectations at lowest level since August 2020

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    Coronavirus worries dampen construction鈥檚 strongest month in over a year

    2020-03-03T12:15:00Z

    Activity grew in February for the first time since April 2019, according to IHS Markit/CIPS

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    An uphill road to recovery

    2009-09-07T10:49:00Z

    Despite welcome news that the UK construction sector is contracting at a slower pace, the industry is still struggling. August saw a reduction in the pace of deterioration. While reduced activity was again largely attributed to dampened demand for new orders, there are a number of issues challenging the sector. ...

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    Could the torment almost be over?

    2009-08-07T17:22:00Z

    After 17 months of unrelenting torment, it looks like the UK construction sector is finally a step closer to recovery as the July CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers鈥� Index highlighted the slowest pace of decline since March last year (see index).This progress is largely on the back of an improvement in the ...

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    Hopes of a recovery on shaky ground

    2009-07-07T12:27:00Z

    You鈥檇 be forgiven for thinking that the latest CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers鈥� Index (PMI) would provide a better read than June鈥檚 figures. After seeing the rate of contraction ease consecutively for four months, the PMI took a turn for the worse fuelling speculation of a 鈥榳-shaped鈥� recession.Coming in with a reading ...