All Tracker articles
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FeaturesTracker: September 2019
The residential activity index decreased while the non-residential sector index moved up. The civil engineering index saw a fall
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FeaturesTracker: August 2019
Activity dropped into negative space after three months of expansion, with non-residential activity seeing a 26-point fall into negative territory
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FeaturesTracker: July 2019
Among dramatic ups and downs in activity and orders, tender growth slowed across the board, with non-residential flatlining at 50
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FeaturesTracker: June 2019
Overall activity continued to gather momentum in June, and all sectoral activity indices reflected expansionary tendencies
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FeaturesTracker: May 2019
Total activity decreased for the third consecutive month, though orders remained in positive territory
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FeaturesTracker: April 2019
Overall activity kept falling but more slowly this month, with residential the only sector to see an actual rise
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FeaturesTracker: March 2019
Overall activity slipped to its lowest point in almost three years, with contraction in every sector, while tenders continued to fall
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FeaturesTracker: February 2019
Tenders and employment prospects both fell for the first time in almost two years, but activity is still rising, if more slowly
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FeaturesTracker: January 2019
Activity and new orders are losing momentum overall although the non-residential sector is holding up well
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FeaturesTracker: December 2018
Total activity continued to strengthen, with R M showing a big recovery after last month’s fall. Orders rose in all sectors if more slowly in civils, while housing led the rise in tender enquiries
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FeaturesTracker: November 2018
Total activity continued to rise steadily but without accelerating, while orders and tender enquiries lost some growth momentum but remained buoyant. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesTracker: October 2018
Civil engineering activity built further on its September gains after four months of decline, while non‑residental was the only sector in which activity failed to grow last month
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FeaturesTracker: September 2018
Civil engineering activity finally returned to growth in September, after four months of contraction, while the other sectors stayed steady
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FeaturesTracker: August 2018
Activity indices rose in August for all sectors except civil engineering, which hit its lowest level for six months
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FeaturesTracker: July 2018
Activity, employment prospects and demand are all showing slower growth, with the cost of labour, materials shortages and financial constraints on the rise.
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FeaturesTracker: June 2018
Overall activity remains strong, but those working on non-residential and civil engineering projects are starting to experience a fall in work in hand.
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FeaturesTracker: May 2018
Overall activity levels slipped closer to the no-growth point, although repairs and maintenance were up. New orders kept on growing strongly, but new enquiries less so.
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FeaturesTracker: April 2018
Activity increased across all sectors compared with March, and most of all in civil engineering. Tender prices are also still on the rise, but new orders are growing more slowly
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FeaturesTracker: March 2018
Activity is still rising, although more slowly in some sectors, while orders and enquiries are also on the up – although repair and maintenance is losing momentum
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FeaturesTracker: February 2018
Overall construction indicators mostly showed small if steady improvement in February, though civils went the opposite way