Market Analysis

• Market Analysis

Main Contractor Survey July 2025

G&T’s latest Main Contractor Survey offers a detailed snapshot of market sentiment and emerging pressures in the UK construction industry.

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q2 2025

Our Q2 2025 Market Update is now available! Watch our latest film to explore this quarter's key highlights. Investor caution, global uncertainty and economic headwinds are holding back construction demand. Recovery remains slow but easing inflation, better planning activity and potential rate cuts offer early signs of cautious optimism.

By Melissa Savva

• Market Analysis,
• Latest Articles

M&E Contractor Survey

G&T's latest survey of M&E contractors provides valuable insights into the current state of the UK MEP market.

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q4 2024

Growth Potential: Boosted by Opportunity, Constrained by Capacity Our Q4 2024 Market Update is now available! Watch our latest film to explore this quarter's key highlights. The UK construction industry is poised for expansion, helped by a seemingly pro-construction government. However, there is a complex mix of high demand, caution and uncertainties affecting the market in the short to medium term.

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q3 2024

Our Market Update for Q3 2024 is now available! Watch our latest film to discover this quarter's highlights. As interest rate cuts and anticipated planning reforms spark hopes for a construction revival, will inflationary pressures resurface and how will contractor capacity constraints restrict future workload growth?

By Katie Coulson

• Market Analysis

Main Contractor Survey

G&T’s latest Main Contractor Survey revealed a host of insights on the current state of the UK construction market. The contractors that responded to our survey are among the most time-served and financially secure construction companies trading

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Latest Articles

M&E Contractor Survey

G&T's latest survey of M&E contractors provides valuable insights into the current state of the UK MEP market. Although construction input cost inflation has returned to more normal levels, surveyed contractors remain concerned about labour cost pressures, supply chain insolvencies and the recent spike in copper prices.

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q2 2024

Watch our latest film to discover this quarter's highlights as the UK economy recovers from a shallow recession. With lower inflation, recent mortgage rate reductions and the prospect of interest rate cuts, a more stable market is emerging, offering new opportunities.

By Willem van Zyl

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update,
• Latest Articles

Market Update Q1 2024

Our Market Update Q1 2024 is now available! Explore our new film for the highlights from this quarter, where reassuring input cost trends and improving supply chain capacity are weighed against an uncertain growth outlook and supply chain concerns.

By Rachel Collins

• Market Analysis,
• Latest Articles

M&E Contractor Survey

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update,
• Latest Articles

Market Update Q4 2023

Our Market Update Q4 2023 is now available! Explore our new film for the highlights from this quarter, where early signs of softer sub-contractor pricing and improving supply chain capacity are weighed against a challenging debt market for new, speculative work.

By Andrew Browne

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update,
• Latest Articles

Market Update Q3 2023

Our Market Update Q3 2023 is out now! Check out our new film for the highlights from this quarter and discover how despite challenges, the UK economy is proving more resilient than first thought at the start of the year.

By Kerry Gibbs

• Market Analysis

Main Contractor Survey

G&T’s latest Main Contractor Survey revealed a host of insights on the current state of the UK construction market. The contractors that responded to our survey are among the most time-served and financially secure construction companies trading

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis

M&E Contractor Survey

G&T’s M&E Contractor Survey summary for July 2023 analyses some of the key trends and themes generated from the responses of our most recent M&E contractor survey.

By Michael Urie

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q2 2023

Our Market Update Q2 2023 is out now! Check out our new film for the highlights from this quarter and discover how despite a challenging start to the year, positive signals for longer-term prospects remain.

By Andrew Browne

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q1 2023

Our Market Update Q1 2023 is out now! Check out our new film for the highlights from this quarter and discover how you can identify your advantage in a stabilising market. 

By Jonathan Eyles

• Market Analysis,
• Market Update

Market Update Q4 2022

Our Market Update Q4 2022 is out now! Check out our new film for the highlights from this quarter where we’re advising our clients to seek advice on their future project pipelines and ask the question, what are the opportunities for 2023 as we enter a new phase of the market cycle? 

By Jonathan Eyles

• Market Analysis

M&E Contractor Survey

G&T's latest M&E contractor summary report analyses some of the key themes provided from the responses to our recent survey.

By Michael Urie