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NewsConstruction output fall hits five-year high
ONS figures reveal output shrank by 2% in November
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NewsOutput shrinks but new orders rise, ONS figures reveal
New infrastructure orders at record high
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CommentSigns of stability in construction activity, but recovery looks a way off yet
We are yet to see real signs of a sustained improvement in the construction output data
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CommentLatest new orders figures provide little to be cheery about
The disturbing fact is that the volume of orders being won has been the same for the past four years
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CommentOutput falls as construction faces worrying time over jobs in 2013
The industry is on a path of decline and the story this year will be how the 2012 collapse in output feeds through into job losses
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CommentThe good, the bad and the ugly to be found in the latest construction data
The latest figures are interesting but do little to shift the reality of a pretty grim picture for construction
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CommentLatest new orders figures cast a long dark shadow over construction
With new orders at this level the industry could be heading for a sharp drop in output
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CommentHow UK construction consultants are selling themselves abroad
UK firms are picking up increasing amounts of work abroad
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CommentUK construction bosses need to make government face the facts: The industry is in freefall
It is time for the construction industry to stop listening to the government and tell it some home truths
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CommentMore families share homes as squeeze on housing tightens
Data indicates further stress caused by a lack of housing
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CommentONS correction to new orders data adds more black eyeliner to a Gothic horror show
A statistical error shows that in fact contractors are winning work at the slowest rate since the 1980s
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CommentOutput data suggest it鈥檚 past time for the Government to act decisively to boost construction
The problem is not so much what lies behind construction as what lies ahead
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CommentCase to boost construction grows as ONS figures reveal an industry accelerating into recession
Worrying new orders figures perhaps look better from a political perspective
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CommentConstruction employment falls despite growth in self employment
Figures suggest firms are not that comfortable with hiring at the moment
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CommentLatest data shows construction sliding into recession
ONS stats show construction output shrinking in the last quarter
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CommentNo Christmas cheer from the ONS new orders figures
Numbers up in the third quarter but still on a downward path on a yearly basis
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CommentLatest ONS construction data point to growth in 2011 鈥� that鈥檚 not what the industry thinks
The ONS need to explain why their output figures are so much more optimistic than other market indicators
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CommentConstruction output is heading into decline, but how fast and how far?
The numbers look grim but we have to dig a bit deeper before we panic
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CommentWorst orders figures on record suggest the worst on the ground is yet to come
There are times when you hope you鈥檙e misreading data or that there may be an error. But it doesn鈥檛 look as though these crutches are available as I stare at the carnage implicit in the new orders data.