Winding down | Features

Focus on the regions
It looks like there’s a chill in the air, as the UK reports that work fell in August, and that present activity is greater than future orders … with the exception of Wales
	Activity level			Order books
	Jun	Jul	Aug	Jun	Jul	Aug
Scotland	50	53	52	46	29	42
Northern Ireland	n/a	65	64	n/a	40	44
North England	48	67	65	53	56	65
North-west England	62	72	61	41	40	42
Yorkshire & Humberside	54	50	50	50	50	50
Wales	47	50	39	75	72	58
East Midlands	59	62	61	61	63	57
West Midlands	46	59	57	42	39	36
East Anglia	60	53	72	47	50	48
South-east	60	52	55	38	49	47
South-west	59	55	44	57	50	42
An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease