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Six graphs showing the pain suffered by construction firms from 2008 to 2012

Six graphs showing the pain suffered by construction firms from 2008 to 2012

Recessions are gruesome and unfair things. They do not strike evenly and that is plain to see in this selection of graphs drawn from data  the provisional results of the Annual Business Survey 2012, released today. Readers should use caution and note that these are figures taken from businesses. They do not necessarily reflect the actual performance of the industries as a whole, as for instance the turnover data are not consolidated. So it will reflect, for instance, intertrading among firms…

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Architects and engineers workload flatlines in cash terms – suggesting pressure on jobs and pay

Architects and engineers workload flatlines in cash terms – suggesting pressure on jobs and pay

The latest figures from the Turnover and Orders in Production and Services Industries data suggest that output in current prices from architects and engineers is flatlining. That translates into a real-terms fall when we take account of inflation. The graph shows the broad picture. And some will take comfort from the fact that the workload is not still in decline. Overseas work has tended to account for about 10% or so of the work and we will have to wait…

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Architectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010

Architectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010

The cash brought in by UK based architects and engineers last year dropped by a further 2%, according to the latest official figures on manufacturing and services turnover. This puts turnover down about 8% in cash terms since the peak of 2008. Sadly this data series does not split the work on the basis of domestically generated and overseas generated work. But data from the pink book does suggest that exports account for about 10% of turnover. Given that architectural…

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Construction firms owe £30 billion to trade creditors

Construction firms owe £30 billion to trade creditors

I am in the midst of putting together data for the Contract Journal Construction Top 100 and there were a couple of figures I thought worth sharing that have come out of some analysis on trade debt and credit. From the number crunching I am doing I have estimated that construction firms owe about £30 billion to their trade creditors and are owed about £23 billion from trade debtors. I hasten to add that this is an estimate and I…

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