August orders improve
11:37 07 Oct 2004
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New construction orders improved by 29% in August to reach £3.1bn. However improvements were not as strong in the three months to August and in the year to August.
Public housing more than doubled its orders value year-on-year from £63m to £134m. Strong growth was also enjoyed by private housing and infrastructure (both up 42%) and private industrial (up 49%). Other public moved forward 14%, while private commercial grew just 4%.
In the three months to August, public housing improved 35%, private housing 30%, and private commercial 26%. Private industrial was up 12% and other public improved 11%. However, infrastructure was down 9% on the three months August 2003.
In the year to August, infrastructure remained depressed, being 25% down on the year ago period. Other public was static and private industrial improved 5%. Private commercial, private housing and public housing enjoyed strong growth of 16%, 22% and 27% respectively.
New orders August 2004 (August 2003 in brackets)
- Public housing £134m (£63m)
- Private housing £1,064m (£748m)
- Infrastructure £442m (£312m)
- Other public £542m (£474m)
- Private industrial £260m (£175m)
- Private commercial £677m (£649m)
- Total £3,119m (£2,420m)
New orders June - August 2004 (June - August 2003)
- Public housing £347m (£257m)
- Private housing £3,033m (£2,338m)
- Infrastructure £978m (£1,070m)
- Other public £1,767m (£1,589m)
- Private industrial £673m (£602m)
- Private commercial £3,211m (£2,544m)
- Total £10,010m (£8,400m)
New orders 12 months to August 2004 (12 months to August 2003 in brackets)
- Public housing £1,582m (£1,242m)
- Private housing £11,268m (£9,225m)
- Infrastructure £3,859m (£5,164m)
- Other public £6,713m (£6,726m)
- Private industrial £2,437m (£2,320m)
- Private commercial £11,594m (£9,977m)
- Total £37,452m (£34,654m)