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  • East of England

    East of England – Overview   Underlying project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all weakened during Q4 2022. Major projects provided a boost to main contract awards and detailed planning approvals. Totalling £1.36bn underlying (less than £100m in value) work starting on-site during Q4 2022 in the East of England fell 1 per […]

  • Construction Industry KPI Report 2016

    This 36-page report, produced in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and endorsed by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Constructing Excellence, reveals a construction industry working hard to meet clients’ expectations and progressively improving its performance across a wide range of economic, social and environmental measures. The construction industry […]

  • Glenigan Index – September 2016

    Brexit uncertainty weighs on project starts​ Starts in the three months to August were 7% lower than a year ago and 21% down on the previous three months. Residential starts were 3% up on a year ago, despite being 15% down on the preceding three months. Non-residential project starts were 13% down on a year […]

  • Glenigan/JLL Commercial Index – Q4 2015

    JLL and Glenigan’s latest  UK Commercial Construction Activity Index shows a continued resurgence in commercial construction volumes. The latest Glenigan/ JLL Commercial Construction Activity Index paint a picture of robust and continued construction growth across the UK. Commercial construction for the 12 months to the end of December rose to £24.8 billion, an increase of 4.3% on […]

  • HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline Q2 2016

    Planning permissions remain strong in 2016 Q2 The number of planning permissions granted for new homes in Q2 of this year remained high. The HBF and Glenigan’s latest  Housing Pipeline report shows that, at 74,400 homes, the number of units approved during the quarter was unchanged on the first three months of 2016 and 24% up […]

  • 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 & Forecast 2017

    UK construction activity has been buffeted during 2016 by economic and political uncertainties, but despite this, the economy has fared better than was widely predicted. But what does that mean for construction in 2017 and beyond? Our latest report, produced by our economics team, explores the opportunities and challenges that will face firms in the […]

  • 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, […]

  • CBC Group

    Last updated 26th January 2021 CBC Construction & Property Group Blair Nimmo and Geoffrey Jacobs of KPMG LLP were appointed as Joint Administrators of Central Building Contractors (Glasgow) Limited on 29th April 2020. A statement said that in recent years, the company has suffered from challenging trading conditions in the construction sector and has encountered […]

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