Optimism ticks up but practices still expect workloads to shrink

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Optimism in the architecture sector has ticked up slightly but practices still expect their workloads to shrink in the coming months, according to RIBA.

The index for the institute’s latest Future Trends report rose by four points in December but is still in negative territory at -5. Any figure below zero indicates practices on balance expect their workloads to fall over the next three months.

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