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Is our skills shortage at an all-time low?

Enrolment on the new Agriculture, Land Management and Production T Level is now open. These two-year courses, introduced in 2020, are equivalent to three A Levels, and arguably offer a new opportunity to attract new people to the industry.  T Levels, or Technical...

Barometer June 2023: Is a slump in the housebuilding sector having a domino effect?

The housebuilding sector has had a tough year so far, if Marshall’s half-year results are anything to go by. The building products supplier reported a 30% drop in its profit before tax for the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2022, leading to it...

Barometer May 2023: Are nurseries feeling the heat from the hosepipe bans?

There’s little change in confidence from last month, it would seem. Only 20% said they were feeling more confident, whilst the majority (60%) of respondents said they felt the same. This includes nurseries, despite 60% saying that their quotes were up from the...

Barometer April 2023: Is high inflation continuing to take its toll?

The number of respondents more confident than last month has nosedived this week to just 19%. That’s not to say confidence has dipped, though; 67% said they feel the same as last month, and 44% reported feeling more confident then. As one domestic landscaper told us,...

Barometer March 2023: Are garden designers feeling the pinch?

In the month of the King’s coronation, confidence had increased for nearly half (44%) of our respondents, up from 41% last month – not that the coronation had anything to do with it, as far as we know. And it’s unlikely the economy would have either. It remains...

Barometer February 2023: Could confidence rise along with temperatures?

It was starting to look as though confidence was growing as the year went on; from only 21% feeling more confident than the previous month back in January, to 27% in February, and jumping up to 50% in March. It’s now taken a bit of a tumble, though fortunately not...

Barometer January 2023: Has the cost-of-living crisis hit the landscaping industry?

It was bound to take its toll eventually. Since 2021, the cost-of-living crisis has been a constant cloud hanging over the heads of UK consumers. And despite the news that Britain’s inflation rate could drop to below 2% by the end of the year–having reached a 41-year...

UK Landscape Barometer: December 2022 findings

This month, the barometer has brought to light some positive news: confidence is on the rise from last month, and enquiries and turnover from December 2022 are either the same or on the up from the previous year. With spring around the corner, could the rise in the...

UK Landscape Barometer: November 2022 findings

As the new year begins 17% of our respondents have reported an increase in confidence. Despite this increase being only 1% more than the previous month, this could suggest a positive start to the year, despite an ongoing cost-of-living crisis and the loss of two large...

UK Landscape Barometer: October 2022 findings

There has been a steady fall in enquires this year, similar to that of the lack of confidence in the industry. However, as the year comes to a close, we are seeing 6% of our respondents gain confidence in just one month (from 10% of respondents feeling more confident...

UK Landscape Barometer: September 2022 findings

Confidence has taken another dive across the sectors compared to the previous month, but even more so compared to the same time last year, when confidence appeared to be on the up.   Design and build seems to have taken the biggest hit during September 2022. All...

UK Landscape Barometer: August 2022 findings

The number of factors contributing to the lack of confidence within the landscaping industry keeps growing; the cost-of-living crisis, the threat of recession, the summer heat waves and overall uncertainty from clients themselves. Yet despite all of this, turnover...

UK Landscape Barometer: July findings

In the month of July there has been a dramatic drop in enquires with half of our respondents claiming to have seen a decrease. A fall in enquires isn’t unheard of; it typically happens around this time of year. However, with the current cost-of-living crisis and an...

UK Landscape Barometer: January findings

OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year As we dust off the memories of the last twelve months, we stepped forward into a whole new year. Whilst there’s a few things we are carrying over into 2022, the pandemic for starters, and the supply shortage continuing to contribute...

UK Landscape Barometer: December findings

OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year Focusing on the trading month of December 2021, Christmas was on the way, Omicron was spreading, and the start of the winter season was upon us. Anecdotal evidence suggested there was a strong feeling of uncertainty about what the new...

UK Landscaper Barometer: November findings

OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year Focusing on the trading month of November 2021, Autumn was drawing to a close. For many, priorities shifted - with one month to go until Christmas, things may have felt quieter as work was put on hold due to money being spent on...

UK Landscape Barometer September findings

All statistics are based on those surveyed and compare September 2021 to September 2020, with the exception of confidence; confidence is compared at the time of survey (November 2021) to the same time last year. OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year Focusing on the trading...

UK Landscape Barometer August findings

All statistics are based on those surveyed and compare August 2021 to August 2020, with the exception of confidence; confidence is compared at the time of survey (October 2021) to the same time last year. OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year Focusing on the trading month...

UK Landscape Barometer records first confidence increase after three months

All statistics are based on those surveyed and compare July 2021 to July 2020, with the exception of confidence; confidence is compared at the time of survey (September 2021) to the same time last year. OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year Nationally, projects were up by...

UK Landscape Barometer records third consecutive confidence decrease

All statistics are based on those surveyed and compare June 2021 to June 2020, with the exception of confidence; confidence is compared at the time the survey was taken (August 2021) to the same time last year. OVERALL PERFORMANCE year-on-year The UK Landscape...

UK Landscape Barometer – May findings

All statistics are based on those surveyed and compare May 2021 to May 2020, with the exception of confidence; confidence is compared at the time of survey (July 2021) to the same time last year. The material shortage, perhaps unsurprisingly, continued to have a...

UK Landscape Barometer records first confidence decrease this year

The trading month for April 2021 saw a change in the industry’s overall performance. For the first time in five months, the UK Landscape Barometer has reported that confidence across the industry has decreased. Indeed, a staggering 47% of participants have told us...

UK Landscape Barometer records continued high performance

Once again, the UK Landscape Barometer can confidently report there has been dominantly high performance across all sectors for the trading month of March 2021. Overall, garden designers continued to present the highest percentages in increases. This comes as no...

Has the pandemic sparked an increase in garden design?

Last month Pro Landscaper’s UK Landscape Barometer discovered that there has been a significant increase in enquiries, projects, and conversion rates. Overall, there was an average increase of 90% in conversion, 92% in projects, and 97% in enquires for garden...

UK Landscape Barometer records positive performance

February 2021 saw a dominantly high performance across all industry types, displaying no declines, according to our latest UK Landscape Barometer. ONS recently released statistics stating that work in the construction industry saw an increase of 1.6% in February 2021,...

Welcome to Pro Landscaper IQ, the place to find out the performance of the landscaping market. You will also find information and news from sectors that affect the landscaping market and its performance. Surrounding sectors include construction, architecture, property, economy, interior design, and manufacturing. 

How does it work?

Each month, we contact businesses within the landscaping market to find out their performance. We ask about their confidence in the market and their turnover.  We ask about their number of enquiries, projects, full-time staff and more. Furthermore, we gather comments from businesses of the trends, activities, and their thoughts in the landscaping market to get an insight behind the data.

How is it used?

Then, we use all of this to create easy to digest statistics, an IQ and UK Landscape Barometer section in the Pro Landscaper magazine and a full report of the findings. The information found in the magazine is only of the top-level statistics.

Why is this important?

Pro Landscaper IQ and the UK Landscape Barometer are essential tools for measuring the landscaping market performance. This is important for several reasons and useful for many businesses and people.

For the participants, they get to focus on these important business performance markers monthly, some of which they might not have looked at previously. They also get to easily compare their performance to the market average in their region and/or sector.

For businesses in the industry that are not participants, they still get to see the headline statistics and performance. They can figure out and compare their own business performance to the market average.

For suppliers, they can find out if their sales are in line with the landscaping market performance. They can also plan and improve their business strategy using the historical data.

For the surrounding sectors, they can understand exactly how the landscaping market is performing and see the other sectors news.

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