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Top 100 contractors – year to April

Rank	Company name	Awards	Value £m
1	Winvic	24	1,529
2	Laing O’Rourke	8	1,517
3	Royal BAM	63	1,470
4	ISG	66	1,281
5	Morgan Sindall	116	1,225
6	Wilmott Dixon	92	1,204
7	Kier	111	1,174
8	Costain	6	1,098
9	Bowmer & Kirkland	63	1,062
10	Wates	41	913
11	Skanska	19	906
12	Galliford Try	58	895
13	Sir Robert McAlpine	21	800
14	Balfour Beatty	40	773
15	John Graham	35	751
16	Multiplex Europe	13	672
17	TSL	14	577
18	RJ McLeod	7	559
19	Vinci	44	555
20	John Sisk	10	506
21	Bouygues	13	490
22	VolkerWessels	22	476
23	Tarmac	28	452
24	McLaughlin & Harvey	22	416
25	McAleer & Rushe	9	406
26	Farrans	11	394
27	Robertson	48	382
28	Readie	19	380
29	Buckingham Group	11	361
30	McLaren	14	339
31	Mace	10	311
32	Swanside	2	300
33	Interserve	42	286
34	Commercial Development Projects	17	286
35	GMI	16	278
36	Lendlease	5	255
37	Carey	2	253
38	United Living	6	234
39	Caddick	26	217
40	Tolent	20	215
41	A & H	20	209
42	Domis	12	201
43	Henry Construction	9	186
44	Midas	24	184
45	Gear	1	180
46	Seddon	22	176
47	Hargreaves Services	1	175
48	Engie	24	174
49	FCC	1	171
50	Roadbridge	1	171
51	Milestone Infrastructure	1	166
52	Hill Partnerships	8	163
53	HG	10	154
54	Colmore Tang	1	150
55	CCG	20	149
56	SDC	17	145
57	Renaker	3	140
58	Gilbert – Ash	9	139
59	Beard	44	138
60	RG Carter	27	129
61	Henry Boot	7	121
62	Clegg	14	119
63	Ballymore Group	2	115
64	Oktra	3	112
65	Higgins	8	112
66	Esh	21	109
67	Jones Brothers	16	109
68	Osborne	17	108
69	Eric Wright	16	105
70	J Murphy	23	104
71	Ardmore	3	103
72	Glencar	13	102
73	Colas	3	97
74	Brymor	8	95
75	Muir Construction	10	93
76	RG Group	7	92
77	Jarvis Contracting	7	91
78	Spencer	6	90
79	Neilcott	20	89
80	Metnor	4	88
81	Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley)	10	86
82	Speller Metcalfe	24	83
83	C Field	5	82
84	CJ O’Shea	2	80
85	Barhale	2	78
86	Lindum	28	77
87	Englie	13	77
88	RG	2	77
89	Bouygues	1	76
90	Watkin Jones	2	75
91	Taylor Wimpey	5	73
92	Conlon	17	71
93	Barnfield	13	71
94	Camerons	1	70
95	Polyteck Building Services	1	70
96	Thomas Johnstone	3	70
97	RED	8	68
98	Barnes Construction	11	67
99	MCS	14	65
100	Berkeley Homes	5	65

Top 50 contractors – wins in April

Rank	Contractor	Awards	Value £m
1	Laing O’Rourke	2	1,305
2	Skanska	5	666
3	Winvic	4	515
4	Royal BAM	6	394
5	Costain	1	370
6	Wates	7	284
7	ISG	7	233
8	United Living	2	225
9	Morgan Sindall	14	215
10	Wilmott Dixon	16	148
11	John Graham	3	132
12	Farrans	1	100
13	Multiplex Europe	1	100
14	McLaren	1	90
15	Tarmac	4	89
16	Bowmer & Kirkland	6	82
17	CJ O’Shea	2	80
18	Barhale	1	76
19	Bouygues	1	76
20	Colas	1	76
21	Galliford Try	4	74
22	Watkin Jones	1	65
23	Engie	3	61
24	Commercial Development Projects	3	57
25	John Sisk	1	54
26	Robertson	4	51
27	Balfour Beatty	1	50
28	RG Group	1	47
29	Jarvis Contracting	1	40
30	Readie	1	40
31	McAleer & Rushe	2	38
32	Hill Partnerships	3	33
33	Metnor	1	31
34	Carter Lauren Construction	2	30
35	RGB	1	24
36	RN Wooler & Company	2	22
37	Interserve	2	22
38	Montel Civil Engineering	3	22
39	Caddick	3	21
40	Keltbray	1	20
41	Henry Construction	1	19
42	Lendlease	1	19
43	RG Carter	2	19
44	Springfield	1	18
45	Neilcott	1	17
46	Wisbech	1	17
47	Kier	4	16
48	Churngold	1	16
49	Vinci	2	16
50	Conlon	4	16

Top 50 clients – awards in April

Rank	Company name	Awards	Value £m
1	Olympus Property Holding	1	1,300
2	Highways England	3	1,127
3	Newlands Developments	1	407
4	Knight Knox International	1	210
5	Quadrant Estates	1	135
6	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	1	130
7	Land Securities Group	1	110
8	Brookfield Property Partners	1	100
9	Global Energy Group	1	100
10	McLaren Property	1	90
11	Ministry of Defence	1	81
12	Cumbria County Council	4	66
13	Meyer Homes	1	65
14	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1	64
15	Henley Camland	1	60
16	Astrea Asset Management	1	58
17	North Somerset Council	1	56
18	Hub South West	2	56
19	Prologis	1	55
20	Bruntwood Estates	1	54
21	High Speed Two (HS2)	1	50
22	Department For Education	5	45
23	City of London Corporation	2	43
24	Barberry Developments	1	40
25	City & Docklands	1	40
26	Environment Agency	1	40
27	Imperial College London	1	40
28	Pears Property Advisory Services	1	40
29	Probitas Developments	1	40
30	Cassidy Group	1	31
31	Manchester City Council	5	30
32	Greenland Group	1	30
33	Prydis	1	30
34	Bradford Metropolitan District Council	3	27
35	Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	1	26
36	Citylife (Holdings) 4	1	25
37	Abbey Wood Property	1	24
38	Cranmer Education Trust c/o The Blue Coat School	1	22
39	Caro Developments	1	21
40	Arlington Energy	1	20
41	Berkeley DeVeer	1	20
42	Leeds City Council	1	20
43	Museum of London	1	20
44	Hub Residential	1	19
45	Chancerygate	1	19
46	Norfolk Police Constabulary	2	19
47	East Hertfordshire District Council	2	18
48	Acre Hotels	1	18
49	Lincolnshire County Council	4	17
50	Associated British Ports	2	17

Top 100 clients - year to April

Rank	Company name	Awards	Value £m
1	Highways England	34	2,823
2	Olympus Property Holding	1	1,300
3	Department For Education	58	649
4	SSE	8	619
5	The Welsh Government	6	517
6	Network Rail	71	464
7	Newlands Developments	1	407
8	Oakview Group	1	350
9	Qatari Diar	1	350
10	IM Properties	3	340
11	City Fibre	37	321
12	Bluebutton Properties	2	300
13	Sourced Developments	2	300
14	Segro	13	251
15	Caudwell Collection	1	250
16	Power by Britishvolt	1	250
17	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	12	245
18	Prologis	8	244
19	Transport for West Midlands	4	230
20	Bericote Properties	2	224
21	Knight Knox International	2	224
22	Ministry of Justice	11	219
23	Oxfordshire County Council	12	219
24	Bruntwood Estates	4	212
25	First Panattoni	5	208
26	Mountpark Logistics	2	207
27	Lidl	38	199
28	Homes England	11	195
29	Clarion	12	190
30	The Peel Group	12	189
31	Taradina Number 2	1	189
32	St Modwen	15	181
33	Art’otel	1	180
34	Environment Agency	24	178
35	Ministry of Defence	25	175
36	West Cumbria Mining	1	175
37	Stanhope	3	170
38	Suffolk County Council	11	164
39	Seven Capital	2	162
40	Sky	4	161
41	Commercial Development Projects	6	160
42	Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust	2	156
43	Land Securities Group	4	152
44	Osborne	1	150
45	Quadrant Estates	2	150
46	Great Ormond NHS	1	149
47	Gazeley	5	146
48	Leeds City Council	16	146
49	Muse Developments	3	141
50	Blackswan Property	2	138
51	Associated British Ports	13	137
52	Cubex Land	2	133
53	Dominvs	2	127
54	Helical	3	126
55	Next	1	125
56	Thames Water	2	124
57	M & G Real Estate	3	123
58	Royal London Asset Management	3	122
59	Scottish Water	11	120
60	Henley Camland	2	120
61	University of Edinburgh	7	118
62	EDF	4	117
63	Ballymore Group	2	115
64	McLaren Property	3	115
65	London Borough of Camden	6	113
66	Manchester Metropolitan University	5	110
67	Nikal	1	110
68	North London Waste Authority	2	110
69	High Speed Two (HS2)	7	109
70	Renfrewshire Council	7	108
71	Tritax	5	108
72	Concord	1	106
73	Cambridgeshire County Council	9	104
74	Whitewood Gateway	1	103
75	Stockport MBC	5	103
76	Goodman Logistics	4	102
77	University of Birmingham	4	101
78	Brookfield Property Partners	1	100
79	ES Coventry	1	100
80	Global Energy Group	1	100
81	Native Land	1	100
82	Portsoken	1	100
83	Uniserve	1	100
84	Perth & Kinross District Council	5	96
85	Birmingham City Council	18	94
86	Helios	1	94
87	University of Bristol	1	94
88	Patrizia UK	1	93
89	North Somerset Council	5	92
90	Transport for London	7	92
91	Cardiff County Council	10	91
92	Highline Investments	2	90
93	Motcomb Estates	3	89
94	Essex County Council	21	88
95	Southern Housing Group	2	86
96	Cassidy Group	3	85
97	JP Morgan	1	85
98	Manchester City Council	13	84
99	Capital & Centric	2	84
100	Grainger	2	84

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Payment performance – collated by Build UK
Firm	Average payment days	% invoices not paid to terms	% paid in 60 days
Vinci	24	14	95
Morgan Sindall	27	9	98
Sir Robert McAlpine	28	15	94
John Sisk & Son	29	24	94
Willmott Dixon	30	11	98
Kier	30	21	90
Mace	30	28	92
Interserve	30	39	95
ISG	31	13	99
VolkerWessels	31	22	95
Osborne	31	26	93
Amey	31	38	93
Lendlease	32	12	96
Wates	32	16	97
Laing O’Rourke	32	20	90
Costain	32	26	91
Robertson	34	42	92
Canary Wharf Contractors	35	15	89
BAM Construct	36	26	94
Murphy	36	33	88
Winvic	37	15	97
Bowmer and Kirkland	37	27	95
Skanska	39	9	91
Balfour Beatty	40	31	91
Galliford Try	41	13	92
Graham	41	25	82
Bouygues	42	27	90
McLaren	42	62	89
BAM Nuttall	47	24	90
Multiplex	49	33	80
Seddon	51	18	90

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Freelance trades pay rates

Self-employed trades average weekly pay rose 3.7% during March across all sectors.

The best-performing regions for earnings growth last month were Yorkshire and the Humber (+7.5%), the East of England (+5%) and the West Midlands (+4.9%).

Region	March 2021 Average	Month on Month % Change	Year on Year % Change
North East	£788	2.3%	10.5%
North West	£901	2.9%	5.0%
Yorks & Humbs	£859	7.5%	-8.3%
East Midlands	£968	3.6%	4.6%
West Midlands	£927	4.9%	12.1%
Wales	£833	-2.1%	-11.6%
East of England	£1,016	5.0%	5.2%
London	£908	3.2%	2.0%
South East	£970	3.1%	4.0%
South West	£886	2.9%	-1.3%

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