Away with the danger | Features

Focus on the regions
This month’s index of activity levels and order books across the country shows workload is holding up well – except for Wales, where it is positively booming
	Activity level			Order books
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Aug	Sep	Oct
Scotland	61	61	47	64	52	57
Northern Ireland	46	50	57	32	29	31
North England	61	61	52	63	65	54
North-west England	48	60	46	31	45	39
Yorkshire & Humberside	50	56	57	48	47	48
Wales	73	58	75	59	39	63
East Midlands	60	53	52	52	58	45
West Midlands	54	50	48	36	26	25
East Anglia	45	46	47	40	43	45
South-east	48	53	51	38	42	37
South-west	57	42	61	57	48	61
*An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease.