A steady start to 2005 | Features

Focus on the regions
	Activity level			Order books
	Oct	Nov	Dec	Oct	Nov	Dec
Scotland	39	42	30	31	30	38
Northern Ireland	50	34	34	42	34	30
North England	64	68	38	66	41	75
North-west England	34	46	30	32	44	42
Yorkshire & Humberside	50	50	50	50	53	59
Wales	29	50	50	72	78	67
East Midlands	57	54	60	40	59	58
West Midlands	45	40	45	35	40	36
East Anglia	62	43	49	49	47	47
South-east	48	47	49	42	41	40
South-west	55	49	40	50	40	40
*An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease