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2026.05.1406:11:31UTC+00UK Q4 Construction Orders Decline in Q1

UK construction orders fell by 11.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, reversing a previously reported 28.1% increase in the final quarter of 2025 (revised down from earlier estimates). Orders for “other work” declined by 18.8% after a 33.9% rise in Q4, as commercial orders dropped sharply (-23.0% vs +5.9%), and growth in industrial orders slowed markedly (4.0% vs 56.4%).

By contrast, new housing orders strengthened, rising 15.9% year-on-year after a 12.7% increase in the previous quarter. This was driven primarily by a strong rebound in private housing orders (17.7% vs 2.9%), which helped offset a dramatic deceleration in public housing orders (3.9% vs 99.7%).

On a quarterly basis, total construction orders fell by 10.5% in Q1 2026, following an upwardly revised 4.4% decline in the preceding quarter.

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