| State of Trade Survey 2011 Q4 | According to the latest State of Trade survey from the FMB, workloads continued to decline in the final three months of 2011. SME workloads have now fallen in each quarter since Q1 2008: this shows... |
| State of Trade Survey 2011 Q3 | Although the rate of decline in SME workloads eased to its slowest rate for a year, construction workloads continued to decline in Q3 2011 according to the latest FMB survey. They have now fallen in... |
| State of Trade Survey 2011 Q2 | Construction workloads declined for a 14th consecutive quarter in Q2 2011, according to the latest FMB survey. However, the proportion of firms reporting higher overall workloads increased from 19%... |
| State of Trade Survey 2011 Q1 | The latest FMB survey showed that construction workloads continued to fall at the start of 2011. The workload net balance has now been negative in each quarter since the first three months of 2008.... |
| State of Trade Survey 2010 Q4 | The latest FMB Survey showed that Construction workloads continued to decline. The net balance was negative for a 12th successive quarter, meaning that the SME construction sector has now seen 3... |
| State of Trade Survey 2010 Q3 | The latest FMB survey showed that construction workloads continued to decline in the third quarter of the year, an 11th consecutive quarterly fall. The outlook for the rest of the year has also... |
| State of Trade Survey 2010 Q2 | In the second quarter of 2010, there were some encouraging signs from the FMB survey. Although workloads declined for the 10th consecutive quarter, the proportion of firms reporting higher workloads... |
| State of Trade Survey 2010 Q1 | There were some encouraging signs from the latest FMB survey, with sentiment improving across many sectors in the first quarter of 2010, although the majority of firms continued to report lower... |
| State of Trade Survey 2009 Q4 | Conditions in the construction industry continued to deteriorate in the final quarter of 2009, according to the latest FMB survey. That said, although workload balances remained negative across the... |
| State of Trade Survey 2009 Q3 | Data from the third quarter FMB survey indicated that conditions in the construction industry continued to deteriorate. Net balances remained negative across the board, and workload balances actually... |
