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  • Glenigan Index – June 2016

    Project starts dip on referendum uncertainty • Starts in the three months to May were 5% down on a year ago. • Residential starts up sharply on the preceding three months, but have failed to match last year’s levels • Higher office project starts have helped offset a weakening in public sector non-residential projects  • […]

  • Construction Review and Forecast for 2016

    Election uncertainty cast a longer shadow over construction activity than initially anticipated. Starts contracted, as expected, in the second quarter of 2015 as clients held off from starting new schemes in the immediate run up to the General Election. However, project starts remained subdued in the third quarter and had only just begun to revive […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q1 2016

    Residential Development Pipeline Expanding  A strong rise in planning approvals during the closing months of 2015 bodes well for housebuilding activity during the current year. The latest Glenigan/HBF Housing Pipeline report number of units approved during the final quarter of 20015 was 20% up on both the third quarter and a year ago. The rise, […]

  • Glenigan Index – August 2016

    Brexit uncertainty weighs on project starts Starts in the three months to July were 12% lower than a year ago and 32% down on the previous three months. Residential starts were 10% lower than a year ago and 36% down on the preceding three months. Non-residential project starts were 9% down on a year ago […]

  • Green Belt under Developement

    Glenigan was commissioned to by BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme to provide updated analysis of recent plannign approvals on the Greenbelt. A copy of the report can be found here.  A podacast of the radio programme is avaialble from the File on Four website.        

  • Key Statistics – 5th June 2015

    Summarised below are the key economic and construction market statistics released over the last week. Previous weeks’ summaries have been retained below. 5th June 2015 Construction The May Markit/CIPS PMI saw some rebound from last month’s near two year low, but was still the second weakest reading in two years. Output growth remained subdued, attributed to […]

  • Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index Q3-2014

    By Jon Neale, Head of UK Research, JLL JLL and Glenigan’s latest  UK Commercial Construction Activity Index reveals that non-residential new build activity is increasing rapidly, with the value of new starts over the year to Q3 amounting to £12.5bn – up 5.4% on the year to Q2. Commenting on the research, Helen Gough, director […]

  • Construction Market Review & Forecast – November 2015

    Glenigan produces a monthly review of current construction market activity. Click here to download the November 2015 edition. 

  • Glenigan Index – February 2016

    Turbulent times for Construction industry  Starts fall 20% in the three months to January. Heavy rainfall and waterlogged sites preventing project starts Wet weather exacerbates a slowdown already affecting the industry. Construction flounders UK-wide, but Northern England and Midlands ahead over last 12 months. The value of new work starting on site* fell by a […]

  • Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index Q1-2015

    JLL and Glenigan’s latest  UK Commercial Construction Activity Index shows a strong start to 2015 according to Jon Neale, Head of UK Research, JLL.   A strong start to the year There has been a strong start to the year for non-residential construction, with volumes rising by 7.9% over the first three months. Total starts for the […]