Cost update: September 2005 | Features

% change July 04-July 05 current direction of movement
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Consumer prices Consumer Prices Index (CPI)	+2.3	UP
Industry generally Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry	+13.5	UP
Materials and fuels purchased by manufacturing industry excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum industries	+8.3	UP
Output prices of manufactured products	+3.0	UP
Output prices of manufactured products excluding food, beverages, tobacco and petroleum	+2.2	UP

% change June 04-June 05current direction of movement
Construction materials	Ìý	Ìý
Non-housing new work	+5.2	DOWN
New housing	+3.8	DOWN
Repair and maintenance	+3.7	DOWN
Mechanical services materials	Ìý	Ìý
Non-housing	+6.3	DOWN
Housing only	+9.2	DOWN
Electrical services materials	+7.0	DOWN

Wage agreement summary
Operatives	Agreement body	Rates effective since	Details in	Date of next review
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Builders and civil engineering operatives	Construction Industry Joint Council	27 June 2005	Cost Update 3 June 2005 Sponâ€™s Architectsâ€™ and Buildersâ€™ Price Book 2006	June 2006
Ìý	ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø & Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC)	13 June 2005	Cost Update 3 June 2005 Sponâ€™s Architectsâ€™ and Buildersâ€™ Price Book 2006	12 June 2006
Plumbers	The Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales	3 January 2005	Cost Update 3 December 2004 Sponâ€™s Architectsâ€™ and Buildersâ€™ Price Book 2006	2 January 2006
Ìý	Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry	30 May 2005	Sponâ€™s Architectsâ€™ and Buildersâ€™ Price Book 2006	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	3 October 2005
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%)

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