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Keep up to dateMaterials - Key indicators | |
Ìý | % change Apr 04-Apr 05 |
Consumer prices | |
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) | +1.9 ↑ |
Industry generally | |
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry | +10.4 |
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum industries | +6.9 |
Output prices of manufactured products | +3.2 |
Output prices of manufactured products excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum | +2.7 |
The principal commodities driving the input price rises over the last year have been: | |
electricity | +21% |
gas | +56% |
crude oils | +49% |
plastics in primary forms | 18% |
The primary drivers behind output price inflation over the last year have been: | |
base metals | +15.6% |
petroleum products | +14.2% |
fabricated metal products | +9.1% |
Construction materials | |
Ìý | Mar 04-Mar 05 |
Non-housing new work | +9.1 |
New housing | +3.9 |
Repair and maintenance | +5.1 |
Mechanical services materials | Ìý |
Non-housing | +7.2 |
Housing only | +9.4 |
Electrical services materials | +10.1 |
Ìý | % change April 04–April 05 |
Fabricated structural steel | +44.3* |
Fuel oil | +34.4 |
Gas oil and derv | +15.4 |
Steel tubes and fittings | +13.9 |
Lead, zinc and tin | +12.7 |
Plastics in primary forms | +11.9 |
Glass fibres | +11.7 |
Lighting equipment and electric lamps | +10.7 |
Central heating radiators and boilers | +8.2 |
Clay bricks and tiles | +6.9 |
Veneer sheets: plywood etc | +6.9 |
Concrete reinforcing bars | +6.6 * |
Plastic pipes | +6.2 |
Taps and valves | +5.6 |
Ready-mixed concrete | +5.5 |
Cement | +5.3 |
Sawn wood | +5.2 |
Insulated wires and cables | +5.1 |
Water-based paints | +5.0 |
Kitchen furniture | –4.7 |
Crushed rock | –11.7 |
*increase to March 2005 | |
Data sources: ONS and DTI (Dec 2004 and Jan 2005 figures provisional) |
Wage agreement summary | ||||
Operatives | Agreement body | Rates effective since: | Details in: | Date of next review: |
Builders and civil engineering operatives | Construction Industry Joint Council | 28 June 2004 | Cost Update 4 June 2004 Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2005 | 27 June 2005 (basic rates will rise 9.5%) |
Ìý | ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) | 7 June 2004 | Cost Update 4 June 2004, Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2005 | 13 June 2005 (craft rates up 10%, general rate up 6%) |
Plumbers | The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales | 3 January 2005 | Cost Update 3 December 2004, Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2005 | 2 January 2006 (increase not yet determined) |
Ìý | Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry | 30 May 2005 | See below | Likely to be 29 May 2006 |
H&V operatives | Joint Conciliation Committee of the Heating, Ventilating and Domestic Engineering Industry | 4 October 2004 | Cost Update 10 September 2004, Spon’s | 3 October 2005 (basic rates will rise 5.1%) |
Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | M&E Services Price Book 2005 | Ìý |
Electricians | The Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | 10 January 2005 | Cost Update 11 March 2005 | 9 January 2006 (basic rates will rise 4.5%) |
Ìý | Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | 10 January 2005 | Cost Update 11 March 2005 | 9 January 2006 (basic rates will rise 4.5%) |
New BATJIC rates from 13 June 2005 | ||
Ìý | Rate per 39-hour week (£) | Rate per hour (£) |
Craft operatives (NVQ3) | 360.75 | 9.25 |
Craft operatives (NVQ2) | 310.05 | 7.95 |
Adult general operative | 265.20 | 6.80 |
New CIJC rates from 27 June 2005 | ||
Ìý | Rate per 39-hour week (£) | Rate per hour (£) |
Craft Rate | 351.00 | 9.00 |
Skill Rate 1 | 334.62 | 8.58 |
Skill Rate 2 | 322.14 | 8.26 |
Skill Rate 3 | 301.47 | 7.73 |
Skill Rate 4 | 284.31 | 7.29 |
General operative | 264.03 | 6.77 |
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