UK architectural and engineering services businesses are now turning over more in cash terms than they were at the peak of late 2008. That at least is what the latest Turnover and Orders in Production and Services Industries data from the Office for National Statistics suggests.
Encouraging perhaps, the latest statistics on the prospects and performance for architects and engineers seem to be of the “not so negative” variety. The December data from the Office for National Statistics’ Turnover and Orders in Production and Services Industries show what could be regarded as real growth for architectural and engineering services in 2011. Last year the sector delivered in cash terms £43.3 billion of turnover compared with £41.4 billion in 2010. This was a rise of about 4.5% and…