Post-pandemic construction growth in the region is strong

Yorkshire and the Humber has seen a 110 per cent year-on-year rise in project starts in the second quarter of this year.

The figures are contained in the August edition of a construction index produced by Glenigan, the industry’s leading insight and intelligence expert.

The index also shows that nationally, retail was the ‘stand out’ sector – with a 150 per cent rise in project starts – and residential saw growth of over a third.

Rhys Gadsby, for Glenigan, sad: “The positive figures we’ve seen in Yorkshire, as well as in London and East Anglia, serve as a strong indicator that the construction sector recovery is continuing.

“Whilst the value of project-starts remains substantially higher than during the lockdown-affected previous year, the value has declined in recent months. Material supply problems may have contributed to the fall.

“More positively, the speed of decline slowed during last month. And main contract awards and detailed planning approvals were high compared with previous years.”