Buyers report commercial and civils work up for second month

Construction buyers reported a slowdown in growth in March as residential work acted as a brake on industry activity.
But growth in commercial and civil engineering activity for the second month running kept the headline S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index above the crucial 50 no-change mark.
At 50.7 in March, the headline seasonally adjusted index was down from 54.6 in February, due to housing plunging to 44.2.
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