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Focus on the regions
How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
	Activity level			Order books
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Aug	Sep	Oct
Scotland	+39	+24	+9	+28	+20	–26
Northern Ireland	–17	–63	–23	–61	–50	–54
North England	0	+36	+4	–5	–11	+19
North-west England	+13	+4	–3	–56	–32	–37
Yorkshire & Humberside	+6	–13	–10	–31	–44	–11
Wales	0	–25	0	–57	–13	–6
East Midlands	+24	+23	+13	–8	+11	+3
West Midlands	+38	–4	–8	–29	–41	–49
East Anglia	+12	–3	–17	+21	+7	–11
South-east	+6	+7	+15	–15	–13	–19
South-west	+9	+18	+16	+3	+21	–13