Construction activity at 5-month high - Markit/CIPS

LONDON (Reuters) - Construction activity picked up unexpectedly last month to a five-month high as firms took on new work and increased their workforce, but businesses were less optimistic about the future, a survey showed on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19c150b2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Construction+activity+at+5-month+high+-+Markit%2FCIPS&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2Fuk-britain-construction-idUKTRE7A11MX20111102%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Construction+activity+at+5-month+high+-+Markit%2FCIPS&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2Fuk-britain-construction-idUKTRE7A11MX20111102%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795236629/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19c150b2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795236629/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19c150b2/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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