Construction Output Grows In April

The ONS has published construction output data for April, covering monthly estimates of the amount of output chargeable to customers for building and civil engineering work done in the relevant period, excluding Value Added Tax (VAT) and payments to subcontractors.

Key points:

• Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in April 2025; this is the third consecutive period of positive growth, following an increase of 0.5% in March 2025.

• The increase in monthly output in April 2025 came from increases in both new work and repair and maintenance, which grew by 1.4% and 0.3%, respectively.

• At the sector level, six out of the nine sectors grew in April 2025; the main contributors to the monthly increase were infrastructure new work and private housing repair and maintenance, which rose by 2.0% and 1.5%, respectively.

• Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.5% in the three months to April 2025; new work increased by 0.9%, and repair and maintenance grew by 0.1%

Source : ONS

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