Neil Knight, business development director, commenting on the fact that construction output rose 0.4% in the three months to April 2019, according to data collected by the Office for National Statistics, says...
"The construction output figures from the ONS today show that after slowing down at the end of 2018 construction output growth has now picked up again.
“We all know that with Brexit uncertainty, the housing market in general slowed right down, but I did say back in February that I thought there was more work in the pipeline and that this would start to show on the figures throughout 2019, and I think this is what we are seeing here.
“While most of the increase is as a result of public sector construction, private construction is up too, which is a really positive sign.
“In terms of evidence on the ground, we are seeing a lot of demand for part-exchange at the moment.”