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Focus on the regions
There are big variations in work and orders this month, with the South-east busy now and slack later and Wales looking forward to good times around the corner
	Activity level			Order books
	Apr	May	Jun	Apr	May	Jun
Scotland	29	39	50	37	30	46
Northern Ireland	55	67	n/a	50	45	n/a
North England	46	64	48	42	57	53
North-west England	50	58	62	34	47	41
Yorkshire & Humberside	57	33	54	44	45	50
Wales	50	56	47	67	72	75
East Midlands	62	60	59	56	54	61
West Midlands	40	61	46	34	29	42
East Anglia	58	53	60	65	49	47
South-east	46	51	60	35	36	38
South-west	59	54	59	53	44	57
*An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease