THE total volume of output in the UK's construction sector fell to its lowest level since 1999 in the third quarter of this year, according to official data.
THE total volume of output in the UK's construction sector fell to its lowest level since 1999 in the third quarter of this year, according to official data.
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Greig Cameron Deputy Business Editor
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output was down 11.3% year-on-year and 2.6% from the second quarter as government spending cuts and a struggling housing market continued to take their toll.
Between the second and third quarter there were declines in seven of the nine sectors the ONS measures.
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