Buyers report busy April despite housing slowdown

Construction buyers reported a rise in activity in April for a third month in a row despite the fastest fall in housing work for nearly three years.
The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index hit 51.1 in April from 50.7 in March keeping it above the neutral 50 value.
Rising volumes of commercial work and civil engineering activity helped to offset the steepest decline in residential construction output since May 2020.New orders received by construction co