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Infrastructure overview Project starts declined 56 per cent year-on-year 1 per cent rise in main contract awards year-on-year 90 per cent rise in detailed planning approvals to the year-on-year Civil Engineering experienced a mixed period in 2025, with project starts declining over the year while main contract awards edged up…

Community & amenity overview 68 per cent increase in project starts year-on-year 57 per cent increase in main contract awards from 2024 45 per cent decrease in detailed planning approvals compared to 2024 Project starts in the Community & Amenity sector performed strongly, rising 68 per cent compared with 2024.…

Hotel & leisure overview 12 per cent increase in project starts year-on-year 19 per cent decrease in main contract awards from 2024 29 per cent decrease in detailed planning approvals compared to 2024 Project starts experienced growth year-on-year after a persistent period of decline. Projects starting on site grew 12…

Project starts and main contract awards experienced mixed periods. Elsewhere, detailed planning approvals declined on the preceding three months and previous year. North East overview Adding up to £809m, work starting on-site in the North East during the three months to December declined 24 per cent against the preceding three…

  Project-starts, detailed planning approvals and main contract awards performed poorly against the previous year. Scotland overview Totalling £1.36bn, work starting on-site in Scotland decreased 27 per cent during the three months to December and remained 63 per cent lower than a year ago. Underlying project-starts (less than £100m in…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals rose against the three months to December but declined against the previous year. Northern Ireland overview Project-starts totalled £379m, a 1 per cent rise on the preceding three months and a 1 per cent decline against the previous year. Underlying work…

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all declined against the previous year. More positively, project-starts rose sharply against the preceding three months. East of England overview The total value of project starts in the East of England was £5.79bn, 214 per cent up against the previous three months…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals performed strongly in the three months to December, with starts rising against the previous year also. Yorkshire & the Humber overview Totalling £1.69bn, work starting on-site in Yorkshire & the Humber during the three months to December increased 40 per cent…

Project starts and main contract awards declined on both the previous year and preceding three months. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, providing a boost to the development pipeline. Wales overview Totalling £358m work starting on-site in Wales declined 83 per cent against the preceding three months…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all grew against the preceding quarter. East Midlands overview Adding up to £2.01bn, work starting in the East Midlands during the three months to December  jumped 67 per cent against the preceding three months to stand 98 per cent up on…