January output growth bucks medium-term decline

By Daniel Gayne2024-03-13T12:16:00

ONS figures show positive start to the year

Construction output dropped 0.9% in the three months to January, driven by a 4.5% fall in new work.

The latest growth figures from the ONS showed that infrastructure new work and private housing new work were the biggest contributors to the decline, dropping 9.3% and 5.2% respectively.

By contrast, repair and maintenance work grew 4%, with growth in both the private housing and non-housing sectors.

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