Just about holding up | Features

Focus on the regions
Activity levels took a turn for the better in Scotland and the East Midlands, but things were not looking so rosy for Yorkshire & Humberside or the South-west
	Activity level			Order books
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Jan	Feb	Mar
Scotland	48	44	61	38	36	37
Northern Ireland	41	65	44	47	50	34
North England	50	65	62	47	57	53
North-west England	48	49	38	46	38	29
Yorkshire & Humberside	61	56	38	61	71	38
Wales	42	50	42	58	45	42
East Midlands	52	46	62	44	48	47
West Midlands	41	42	52	25	45	28
East Anglia	39	57	62	39	53	36
South-east	43	43	47	36	31	36
South-west	47	44	37	43	40	29
An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease.