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Construction output in Great Britain: January 2025
Monthly construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in volume terms in January 2025; this follows a decrease of 0.2% in December 2024. • This decrease in monthly output came solely from a fall in new work (0.7%) as repair and maintenance grew by 0.4%. • Anecdotal evidence from survey returns noted adverse weather, including heavy rain, snow and storms as having a negative effect on output. • At the sector level, three out of the nine sectors fell in January 2025; the main contributors to the monthly decrease were private commercial new work, and private housing new work, which fell by 6.1% and 1.8%, ... (full story)