Ellie Rourke 
The warm weather, the kids off school and the long-awaited holidays create quite a quiet August for many businesses. However, quiet time does not always need to result in a loss in business. Rather than worrying about your business being slow, we want to help you make the most of your time! This month our … Read more
Understandably, businesses focus a large amount of time and energy on seeking out new business, but not many spend as much time thinking about the experience of a client once they’ve purchased a service or been onboarded. Customer service experts Zendesk state that 62% of B2B customer buy more from a business after receiving good … Read more
June represents the end of another quarter. Thanks to the £6.8bn of contract awards which June produced, Q2 ended with a value of £5.9bn. Activity in June was held up strongly by the infrastructure sector, which masked the falls in commercially sensitive sectors. Infrastructure accounted for just over a third of all construction contract awards – … Read more
May saw the continuation of consistent contract awards, as they remained at the long term average with £5.5bn. This activity was held up high by industrial activity, thanks to the logistics subsector. With £1.5bn, the industrial sector returned to exceptional levels seen at the back end of 2021. Regionally, the South East saw the most … Read more
After a record-breaking beginning to 2022, April was the month we finally saw contract awards resume to their average levels, with a total of £5.8bn. Despite an average month for contract awards, the hotel, leisure and sport sector had a positive month with £800m. Improving by 177% since March, in large part thanks to a … Read more
Industry diversity is the key focus of our Content Calendar for the month of May. This theme is a perfect follow on from the theme at UK Construction Week, culture change. Being the official data provider and partner of the largest event in UK Construction, we had the privilege of attending the event to hear … Read more
UK Construction Week (UKCW) is the largest event in UK Construction and Barbour ABI are proud to be their official data provider and partner. Throughout the event, which took place on the 3rd-5th May, Barbour ABI had the privilege of exhibiting and attending some of the insightful talks. The theme for this event was culture … Read more
This month’s content calendar theme is Sustainability. The term sustainability has become a huge talking point in recent years, especially in the construction industry. That is why this month we will be releasing content to help construction companies understand the importance of sustainable construction, in the hope we will create a greener, more sustainable industry. What … Read more
What will the new financial year bring? The new financial year is right around the corner, so this month we are focusing on helping your business focus on strategic budget planning. A new financial year is the perfect time to reflect upon last year’s strategy and analyse where changes can be made to ensure success … Read more
The time quickly comes around, the latest Snap Analysis report is here, bringing your business a snapshot review of the construction industry in a digestible format. This month we saw many insight-rich trends emerge, particularly for infrastructure. Overall this month, within all three stages of the planning process, we saw success. Contract awards continued its … Read more
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