All articles by Michael Dall

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    Features

    Market review: Falling forecasts

    2018-01-31T06:30:00Z

    Declines in productivity and real wages, along with the uncertainty around Brexit, are driving down growth forecasts. But only one economic sector actually shrank in Q3 2017 - construction

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    Barometer: broadly flat figures

    2018-01-23T07:00:00Z

    In an era of strong growth around the globe, the UK economic data should be less equivocal than it currently is

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    Market review: Infrastructure steps up

    2018-01-05T07:00:00Z

    The Budget delivered more cash for infrastructure – which accounted for the biggest share of new contracts in November – but forecasts were downgraded

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    Comment

    Half empty or half full?

    2017-12-22T07:00:00Z

    As another year draws to a close, the fortunes of the industry have been mixed

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    Features

    Market review: Portents of decline

    2017-11-30T07:00:00Z

    Its second consecutive quarter of falling output puts the construction sector technically into recession – while the rest of the economy is growing slowly

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    A sector technically in recession

    2017-11-24T07:00:00Z

    This scenario is not new, but with the tide of uncertainty flowing through the economy, there is the danger that these non-housing sectors will continue to return a subdued performance

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    Budget reaction: £44bn pledge to boost housing sector

    2017-11-22T14:06:00Z

    This year’s Budget did give a much needed £44bn boost to the housing sector. But, asks Michael Dall, will it be enough to boost supply?

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    Market review: On the rails

    2017-10-24T05:00:00Z

    In construction, activity is holding up, partly thanks to a big boost from HS2 contract awards in September

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    Working out a pattern

    2017-10-20T05:10:00Z

    There were some mixed messages from the various construction data sets that were covered in the press this month

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    Features

    Market review: Subdued growth

    2017-09-25T14:57:00Z

    Construction output continues to dip against a background of rising inflation and slowing wider economic growth

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    Comment

    All bets are still on

    2017-09-22T10:25:00Z

    Construction activity has shrunk in the second quarter as the uncertain environment has taken hold

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    Features

    Market review: Looking downwards

    2017-08-31T12:18:00Z

    Construction activity has declined during the second quarter, despite overall UK growth, and contract values are decreasing

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    Comment

    Alarm bells ringing

    2017-08-25T06:00:00Z

    Construction activity has shrunk in the second quarter as the uncertain environment has taken hold

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    Comment

    Levelling off

    2017-07-27T11:05:00Z

    It is safe to say that activity is levelling off, although the value of residential contract activity is encouraging

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    Market review: Picking up

    2017-07-26T15:18:00Z

    Despite mixed messages it looks likely that growth in the UK economy will pick up in the second quarter. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review

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    Market review: Crawling along

    2017-06-27T06:00:00Z

    Macroeconomic signals have been mixed over the past month and the economy had the slowest rate of growth of any G7 economy in Q1

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    Comment

    An Easter blip?

    2017-06-23T12:32:00Z

    The latest ONS figures suggest construction activity is slowing, or are they just a blip?

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    Comment

    House prices cool for summer

    2017-05-26T12:40:00Z

    House price growth is slowing which could have an impact on the speed of housing construction

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    Market review: Slow out of the blocks

    2017-05-26T06:00:00Z

    While the recent economic results show only limited growth for the first quarter, the number of construction projects in April jumped by more than 25% on the previous month

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    Market review: A bump on the road?

    2017-05-02T12:03:00Z

    A monthly decrease in construction work belies longer-term growth, with the number and value of contracts substantially higher than a year ago. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review