{"id":96457,"date":"2018-10-10T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5ab8e3e9403474049b9c6b185b01e975"},"modified":"2018-10-10T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:23:25","slug":"press-release-construction-booming-in-the-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96457","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Construction booming in the North West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<ul>\n<li>Overall construction output in the region up 15%, 10 times the national average<\/li>\n<li>Total value of construction over the last 3 months is more than \u00a34.6 billion, up more than \u00a3600 million when compared to the same 3 months a year ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The North West has seen construction boom over the last year, according to new figures out today (10 October 2018).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of National Statistics, total construction output across the region is up 15% to more than \u00a34.6 billion in the 3 months to August 2018 compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Overall construction output in Great Britain for this period is up 1.5% compared to the same period last year meaning the North West\u2019s increase is 10 times the national average<\/p>\n<p>The value of construction work on new housing in the North West has increased by \u00a3386 million this quarter compared to the same quarter in 2017 and output of new infrastructure projects has also risen during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Powerhouse Minister, Jake Berry MP, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s wonderful to see how the Northern Powerhouse is driving investment in the North West and helping grow the construction industry to the tune of over \u00a3600 million.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone visiting the North West can see the huge number of construction projects underway and these figures show just how valuable they are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This construction boom is helping build new homes, new infrastructure and a stronger economy in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/businessindustryandtrade\/constructionindustry\/datasets\/outputintheconstructionindustry\/current\">Output in the Construction Industry figures for England, Scotland and Wales<\/a> are released by the Office of National Statistics<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1209\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; MHCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mhclg\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mhclg<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently published figures show that construction output in the North West is 10 times the national average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}