Construction buyers see better times ahead

Construction buyers are hoping for a better year ahead as business activity expectations rebounded to a five-month high.
It was a ray of light in an otherwise gloomy set of statistics in the latest bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index which registered 40.1 in December, up from 39.4 in November but below the neutral 50.0 value for the twelfth successive month.
UK construction companies experienced another sharp downturn in business activity and incoming new w