Recovering commercial work helps industry shrug off Omicron gloom

2022-02-04T10:42:00

Output in sector was highest since July last year

Growing confidence in commercial work helped construction recover from the doldrums in December with growth in the sector bouncing back to a six month high last month.

Fears that the Omicron variant would put the brakes on growth in January failed to materialise with output improving to 56.3, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS survey.

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