Growing but slowing | Features

Focus on the regions
	Activity level			Order books
	Nov	Dec	Jan	Nov	Dec	Jan
Scotland	42	30	48	30	38	38
Northern Ireland	34	34	41	34	30	47
North England	68	38	50	41	75	47
North-west England	46	30	48	44	42	46
Yorkshire & Humberside	50	50	61	53	59	61
Wales	50	50	42	78	67	58
East Midlands	54	60	52	59	58	44
West Midlands	40	45	41	40	36	25
East Anglia	43	49	39	47	47	39
South-east	47	49	43	41	40	36
South-west	49	40	47	40	40	43
*An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease