Construction output grows for fourth month running

Construction workloads have continued to hold firm despite strong headwinds in the rest of the UK economy.
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show construction output grew for the fourth consecutive month in October, taking the industry to nearly 5% above the pre-pandemic activity watermark.
The overall 0.8% rise in October output came from increases in both new work (0.5%) and repair and maintenance (1.3%) on the month. This was ahead of the 0.5% seen for the UK economy as a