{"id":151262,"date":"2025-05-15T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=151262"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:17:24","slug":"construction-didnt-budge-in-ons-stats-q1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-didnt-budge-in-ons-stats-q1-2025\/151262\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction didn\u2019t budge in ONS stats Q1 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A flat 0.0% in overall growth marked the first quarter of the year compared to Q4 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In line with no growth, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/businessindustryandtrade\/constructionindustry\/bulletins\/constructionoutputingreatbritain\/march2025andnewordersjanuarytomarch2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ONS stats Q1 2025 <\/a>new work increased by a modest 0.9%, while repair and maintenance fell by 1.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Monthly, construction output grew by 0.5% in March, after a 0.3% decrease in January and a 0.2% increase in February.<\/p>\n<h3>Slight growth in some aspects<\/h3>\n<p>The stats aren&#8217;t just full of bad news, as the increase in monthly output is due to a 0.6% increase in new work and an increase of 0.4% in repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the nine construction sectors, five grew with private housing new work (+2.3%) and infrastructure new work (+2.5%) showing the most growth.<\/p>\n<p>New orders saw the largest growth, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ons-stats-q4-2024-show-drop-in-monthly-output\/148470\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26.6% jump, or \u00a32.447bn, from Q4 2024<\/a>. This growth largely impacted infrastructure projects and private industrial projects. This may be a sign of a boost to capital investment, especially in infrastructure including transportation, utilities, and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation and skills\/labour shortages are still huge issues for respondents, who also provided anecdotal evidence that nicer weather has caused an increase in activity.<\/p>\n<p>Response rate for this survey sits at a strong 72.7%, marking a continual improvement in response rates.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the sector remains positive and hopeful for future growth, however that growth has largely yet to manifest in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cThis will give further cheer to the construction industry\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Clive Docwra, managing director of property and construction consultancy McBains, said: \u201cWith March\u2019s increase in output coming off the back of moderate growth in February, this will give further cheer to the construction industry, especially with the increase in new work in housing and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it\u2019s too early to say if the sector has turned a corner in terms of growth being maintained.\u00a0 Caution amongst investors is still apparent in a number of sectors due to the current geopolitical climate and the UK economic outlook \u2013 and bear in mind that this return covers the period before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/liberation-day-uk-construction-industry-responds-to-trump-tariffs\/150024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/a> were announced, which shook investors\u2019 confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, although private housing new work grew by 2.3% in March, the industry will be worried that this week\u2019s announcement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/new-immigration-rules-could-put-further-strain-on-construction-smes\/151110\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed immigration changes<\/a> restricting the number of skilled workers will have a significant impact on future work capacity \u2013 and it will also have a huge bearing on whether the government can meet its housing targets too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cut in interest rates next month would help give an injection of confidence in the industry during a period of uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean Keyes, CEO of Sutcliffe, said: \u201cThe flat 0.7% overall growth in ONS figures is barely satisfactory, yet not unexpected. However, amidst this, there are glimmers of real hope: new work has seen a modest increase of 0.6%, while repair and maintenance have also shown growth at 0.4%. While any growth is positive, it&#8217;s clear that these figures must accelerate significantly. Inflation and labour shortages remain significant challenges. Achieving the ambitious 1.5 million housing target seems increasingly unlikely. Even aiming for a more realistic goal of 1.1 million to 1.2 million homes will require a monumental effort. Doubling or even tripling new work and productivity is imperative if we are to meet these targets effectively. The Government needs to release its spending review with positive support for the housing sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the ONS stats Q1 2025 have been released, showing a largely stagnant construction industry with some minor growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":151269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[908,276],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-government"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction didn\u2019t budge in ONS stats Q1 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today the ONS stats Q1 2025 have been released, showing a largely stagnant construction industry with some minor growth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-didnt-budge-in-ons-stats-q1-2025\/151262\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction didn\u2019t budge in ONS stats Q1 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today the ONS stats Q1 2025 have been released, showing a largely stagnant construction industry with some minor growth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-didnt-budge-in-ons-stats-q1-2025\/151262\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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