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Government data showed 16,000 construction jobs were lost in December, as non-residential construction continues to struggle

Worldwide demand for cement could reach 4.7 billion tonnes in 2017, according to World Cement, the latest study from US-based market research firm The Freedonia Group.

Readers are invited to complete the online rental confidence surveys. Results will be published in the Nov-Dec issue of IRN.

Extended IRN100 offers information and analysis not found in the published magazine version of the survey.

Britain’s building industry is showing signs of recovery but the UK’s government must show support if growth is to continue

Following slow start to year, the UK’s Construction Products Association reports increase in sale of construction products for second quarter

The submissions deadline has been extended for the International Cranes and Specialized Transport 2013 Transport 50 ranking of the world's largest specialized transport companies

The UK’s construction equipment rental market was estimated to be worth £3.6 billion in 2012, according to a recent report issued by market research firm AMA Research.

Online survey takes just a few minutes to complete. Results to be published in second week of July.

Market research and consulting firm PMR forecasts that the Slovak construction market will stabilise this year, after a slump in public investment

More rental companies were reporting worsening business conditions than were seeing improvements at the end of December, finds the ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the fourth quarter of 2012.

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the final quarter of the year is now ready to complete online and we encourage all European rental businesses to participate.

IRN Editor Murray Pollok reports on some of the highlights of the latest ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the third quarter of 2012.

The dampening in confidence levels in Europe’s rental sector evident since the summer of 2011 – linked to the Eurozone debt issue – continued in the third quarter of 2012 with an increasing proportion of companies reporting worsening conditions, according to the latest ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey.

Rental industry confidence levels in Europe fell significantly in the second quarter of the year, with all areas except Germany, the Nordic region and Russia reporting worsening conditions.

Last year saw record revenues and employment among the world's biggest construction companies, according to International Construction's Top 200 ranking, although profitability was poorer than in 2010.

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the second quarter of 2012 is now open and we invite rental company readers in Europe to take part.

Official data from ONS shows strong first quarter contraction, but RICS survey returned more upbeat results

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the first quarter of 2012 will close at the end of this week and readers are encouraged to complete the survey now.

A significant number of contractors and other end users around the world plan to increase their use of rental services in the coming five years reveals International Rental News’ first ever ‘Attitudes to Rental’ survey.