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  • Glenigan Index – July 2016

    Uncertainty ahead of Brexit vote hits project starts Starts in the three months to June were 10% up on a year ago, but 15% down on the first quarter of 2016. Residential starts were unchanged on against last year’s levels, but 32% down on the preceding first three months of 2016 Non-residential project starts were […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q4 2018

    Glenigan/ HBF Housing Pipeline Report    Click here to download the report. Notes: The Home Builders Federation (HBF) is the representative body of the home building industry in England and Wales. The HBF’s member firms account for some 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies […]

  • Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index – Q3 2017

    Long-term decline in construction activity tempered by recent growth Commercial construction activity in the 12 months to the end of Q3 2017 decreased to £13.7 billion, down 9.3%on the previous quarter. June data revealed a further loss of momentum, new build activity slowing only marginally to £8.4 billion (down 6.0% compared to the previous quarter), according to […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q3 2014

    New home planning permissions close to 200,000 dwellings per annum But planning system needs to evolve to meet rising demand for new homes Figures released today in HBF/Glenigan’s latest Housing Pipeline report show the moving annual total number of permissions being granted is now at 194,820 – well above the 120/130,000 levels of 2009. But […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q4 2014

    Planning permissions granted in principle for close to 200,000 new homes a year Local Authorities now need to ensure departments are able to process applications if more homes are to be built Figures released today in HBF and Glenigan’s latest Housing Pipeline report show that permissions in principle for over 195,000 new homes in England […]

  • Infrastructure

      Infrastructure – Overview Project-starts fell against both the previous quarter and last year. However, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals advanced on the preceding three-month period and the previous year. Adding up to £1,008 million, infrastructure work starting on-site during the first quarter of 2023 fell 58% compared with the preceding three months […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q3 2019

    Glenigan/ HBF Housing Pipeline Report  The number of units approved during the third quarter dropped 19% against the previous three months and was also 19% lower than a year ago. The decline was led by a sharp fall in units on private housing projects approved as fewer large residential schemes secured approval. This overshadowed a […]

  • Regional Overview

    Note: The impact of the coronavirus on the construction industry in middle and long term remains unclear. Until the industry resumes and the situation becomes clearer at a wider level, we would refer you to Glenigan’s wider analysis of the impact of C19 on the construction industry in the UK construction prospects section on insight. […]

  • East Midlands

      Overview Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals performed particularly poorly in the East Midlands during the quarter to March. Adding up to £888m, work starting on-site in the East Midlands during the quarter to March decreased 24 per cent against the preceding quarter to stand 51 per cent down on a year […]

  • Northern Ireland

      Overview Project-starts and main contract awards both performed poorly against the previous year. More positively, detailed planning approvals increased against both the previous year and preceding quarter. Underlying work (less than £100m in value) starting on-site during the quarter to March fell 43 per cent against the preceding quarter on a seasonally adjusted (SA) […]