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Evening Standard
Business
Anna Wise

Commercial work drives UK construction sector growth but housebuilding drags

Growth in the UK’s construction sector picked up pace last month (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

Growth in the UK’s construction sector picked up pace last month, as stronger demand for office building and infrastructure work helped offset sluggish house building, according to new data.

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI), watched closely by economists, scored 55.2 in November, up from 54.3 in October.

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