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...
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...
Construction output grew by 5.8% in March 2021 compared with February 2021. This lifts work to be above the pre-pandemic level recorded last February. Following monthly growth in March 2021, the level of construction output recovered to 2.4% above its pre-pandemic February 2020 level. The strong growth in activity in March was driven by both new...
During the first three months of 2021, local building firms across the UK saw the fastest increase of enquiries in a decade, according to new data from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland. The latest FMB State of Trade Survey for 2021, the only survey of its kind to track the experience of small to medium-sized (SME) construction...
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 designers and the design and build industry. UK Landscape Barometer participants...
Tradespeople in the UK have expressed they are feeling less optimistic about the year ahead than their antipodean counterparts, according to recent research from Tradify. Whilst the majority of UK tradespeople believe that general business conditions will improve over the next year, 13% believe things will get worse - more than triple when...
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, and our latest UK Landscape Barometer supports this. Nationally, projects were...
House price headline statistics for February 2021: The average house price was £250,341 The annual price change for a property in the UK was 8.6% The monthly price change for a property in the UK was 0.0% The monthly index figure for the UK was 131.3 House prices UK house prices increased by 8.6% in the year up to February 2021, up from 8.0% on...
Construction activity has continued to grow throughout the first quarter of 2021 as it recovers from the impact of COVID-19, and is expected to hit double figure growth this year according to the Construction Product Association. The CPA forecasts that it will be next year before the industry recovers the output lost in 2020 to return to 2019...
Construction output rose by 1.6% in February 2021, marking a second monthly rise according to the latest ONS figures. New work saw an increase of 1.5% and there was a 1.9% rise in repair and maintenance. This was the highest monthly growth in all work since September 2020 when it grew by 1.8%. The monthly increase in new work was due to growth in...
New planning rules will help support the conversion of commercial buildings into homes. In turn, this will benefit highstreets by removing unused buildings and eyesores and will allow for efficient use of brown field land. The package comes at a good time as we surface from the pandemic by providing encouragement for high streets to adapt and...
Key considerations of future road design will be sustainability and climate change, thanks to a panel of design experts who are working closely with Highways England. The Company’s Strategic Design Panel has published its fourth progress recommendations report. The report discusses the Panel’s progress over the past year and a half (June 2019 to...
To keep the government’s commitment of achieving net zero green-house gas emissions by 2050 on track, it is estimated that around 350,000 new construction jobs will need to be created by 2028. The Building Skills for Net Zero report by the Construction Industry Training Board explores and discusses the need for green building specialists to...
Greener building and conserving wildlife work in unison in the North East as a new path to sustainable development prompts action. Natural England’s district level licensing (DLL) scheme, which primarily prioritises protecting wildlife, also helps support the Government’s ambitions to build greener. The program has been launched in...
Construction output was off to a good start this year - outperforming the overall economy in January 2021 despite the disappointing entrance into a third national lockdown. The sector grew by 0.9% in the month-on-month all work series, projecting a rise to £13,639 million according to the Office for National Statistics. This promising return to...
What is the net zero challenge? The net zero challenge is a target for 100% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. To reach this goal, much change is needed. With a strong plan and implementation, it is an achievable goal. The first and second carbon budgets have been met (2008-12, 2013-17) and we are on track to meet the third (2018-22). We are...
I think that it is safe to say that sustainability is becoming increasingly important, especially with climate change trending the way that it is. The landscaping industry could be hugely impactful on raising awareness and promoting sustainability. We asked barometer participants nationwide in domestic landscaping, commercial landscaping, design...
House price headline statistics for December 2020 The average house price in the UK was £251,500 The annual price change for a property in the UK was 8.5% The monthly price change for a property in the UK was 1.2% The monthly index figure (January 2015 = 100) for the UK was 131.9 House prices UK house prices for the year increased from 7.1% in...
Construction output in December 2020 fell by 2.9% compared to November 2020. There has not been a decline in monthly growth since April 2020 when the first national lockdown was in full force. This decline was not reflected in the performance of the landscaping industry for the same month. You can read more about this in the UK Landscape...
Outdoor spaces are seemingly still a high priority for buyers in the housing market. January has seen a wave of activity that rivals that of 2020’s new-year surge, and perhaps could surpass it. The number of prospective buyers contacting agents between 2 and 12 January were up by 12% and sales agreed were up by 9% on the comparable period last...
November 2020 saw unusually high performance, though feelings of uncertainty are looming, according our latest UK Landscape Barometer. Overall Performance Year-on-year Turnover increased by 67% on average for the industry. Each region worked on more projects. There were about half more projects with an increase of 45% on average. Conversion rates...
Sales Market Forecast UK house price growth has moderated from recent peaks,although markets remain highly localised The headline rate of house price growth across the country continued to slow through 2019, leaving annual house price growth for the UK 0.7% at the end of October, down from 3% at the same point last year and down from more than 6%...
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