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Barclays Bank's statistics for the construction industry in the first half,1992 indicate some recovery from recession. New house sales increased by 3% compared with the same period in 1991. However, prices are still falling causing a decline in builders' gross revenue of 2%. House builders' finances are expected to stabilise in the second half 92. Contractors are suffering from low tender prices, reduced workloads and rising construction costs but orders are increasing. Numbers of bad debts are expected to remain high in the second half, 1992.
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The Building and ABI survey for the UK construction industry for the first Qtr of 1993 shows that the South East of England and Scotland are still suffering from the recession. Planning applications in the South East decreased from 23% to 21% whilst they increased from 8.7% to 10.3% in Humberside and Yorkshire. Housing accounts for 50% of projects. Commercial and retail contracts have decreased from 13.2% to 12.1%. Big projects are in demand. Hotel and catering projects worth over 10 million pounds sterling decreased from 13.7% to 9.8%.
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UK construction industry tender prices are forecast to increase up to 5.5% during both 1999 and 2000, with industry growth predicted of up to 2.2% during the year 2000. Fears of a major recession in the construction industry have not materialized, leading to predicted but modest growth in the industry for 1999-2000. Prices in the industry have been helped by low interest rates and a rise in government spending on infrastructure and public amenities, such as improvements to health service buildings valued at 430 million pound sterling.
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