Year-on-year construction output grew again in April for the 23rd consecutive month – it was up 1.5%, acoording to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
And new orders for the construction industry in quarter 1 (January to March) 2015 were 8% up on the first quarter of 2014. There were increases in infrastructure (18.6%), private industrial (6.1%), new housing (1.2%) and all other work (0.1%).