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Focus on the regions
How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
 Activity levelOrder books
 SepOctNovSepOctNov
Scotland+24+9+21+20–26+16
Northern Ireland–63–23–46–50–54–58
North England36+4–7–11+19+4
North-west England+4–3–2–32–37–41
Yorkshire & Humberside–13–10–29–44–11–42
Wales–250+22–13–60
East Midlands+23+13+5+11+3+5
West Midlands–4–8–3–41–49–6
East Anglia–3–17+16+7–11+10
South-east+7+15–10–13–19–19
South-west+18+16+3+21–13–15